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A retro-future dystopia that’s seeming less and less far-fetched by the day: Maniac is a dark comedy/drama Netflix miniseries, that follows Annie Landsberg (Emma Stone) and Owen Milgrim (Jonah Hill), two strangers living in a dystopian New York City. In this version of the Big Apple, rent payments take up 87% of annual incomes (hello, runaway inflation?), and a Statue of Extra Liberty is a major tourist attraction. Owen, a schizophrenic that has recently been hallucinating, comes from a very rich family that consistently shuns and bullies him. Annie has been suffering from depression and is overtaken by guilt and sadness over a falling-out with her sister Ellie (Julia Garner, most widely known as Ruth from Ozark and Anna from Inventing Anna). Annie and Owen meet at a mind-bending trial for a new drug that aims to cure patients of their mental illnesses and end all unnecessary human pain.

As the drugs take effect, the people they know and their problems are catapulted into bizarre dream worlds where they assume different personas from a Long Island couple in the 80s to fantasy Lord of the Rings-like elves.The study is led by eccentric doctor James Mantleray (Justin Theroux), with Sally Fields playing his mother. Despite the show’s absurd universe and wacky plot (it gets way trippier than what we’ve mentioned), Hill and Stone’s performances keep the show grounded, allowing Maniac to offer a unique, touching look at mental health.

⚽ It’s a busy night for the Egyptian Premier League, with three games on the roster: At 6:30pm, Pyramids FC will take on the National Bank, while Smouha faces Al Mokawloon Al Arab. Later at 9pm, Al Ahly will play against Misr Lel Makassa.

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Grab a mic or sit back and enjoy the show at Room New Cairo’s Karaoke Night at 8pm tonight.

Egyptian rappers Abo El Anwar and Perrie are kickstarting the night at Cairo Jazz Club 610 followed by producer LIL BABA’s set of rap & trap beats at 9 pm.

???? UNDER THE LAMPLIGHT-

Forensic psychologist Julia Shaw takes on the unreliability of memory in The Memory Illusion. Using her latest research, Shaw demonstrates the multitude of ways our memory can play tricks on us — ranging from the harmless but annoying experience of walking into a room and forgetting why, to the embarrassing instances of forgetting the name of a person you’ve met countless times, all the way to the far more critical errors caused by faulty memories. She explains why we often misappropriate other people’s memories and convince ourselves they are our own, or how false memories can purposefully be implanted in our minds. Shaw’s research also dives into the legal ramifications of false memories — building on other landmark research from the likes of Elizabeth Loftus — and, most importantly, imparts wisdom on how we can improve our memory by becoming aware of its fallibility.