A Family Struggling Under the Curse of Wokeness

The titular curse of The Curse, a new Showtime series created by Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie, occurs when Asher Siegel, played by Fielder, gives a $100 bill to a little girl selling soft drinks in a parking lot. He quickly returns and offers her a 20 instead. “You can’t do that, or I’ll curse you!” the little girl yells. She closes her eyes and exhales. “I curse you.” A slight premise on which to hang a 10-episode television series, perhaps. But as with most things about The Curse, there is more going on here than meets the eye.