The Pickup Game
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The Pickup Game

The Pickup Game is an inside look at the emergence of the 'pickup' industry - an business where self-styled seduction coaches travel the world, chargi...ng a small fortune to teach men skills they claim will guarantee success with women. For the instructors who are successful, it is a highly lucrative occupation, with many companies earning millions of dollars a year. It is also an industry rife with controversy and scandal. Several teachers have been deported from countries for their contentious methodologies and pickup businesses are often the subject of fierce public criticism. Despite this, men the world over collectively spend hundreds of millions of dollars to attend seminars, download online courses and have one-on-one coaching sessions with instructors they feel can give them the dating life of their dreams. In the minds of students, many of these instructors become more than just teachers. They become idols. From the glossy exterior, where courses are packaged as self-improvement, to the dark underbelly of sexual assault, pyramid scheme marketing and secret collusion The Pickup Game pulls back the curtain to reveal a world that is fascinating and horrific in equal measure. Show More

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The Pickup Game is a documentary that provides an in-depth exploration of the controversial and lucrative 'pickup' industry. This industry revolves around self-proclaimed seduction coaches who charge high fees to teach men the skills they claim will guarantee success with women. The film sheds light on the behind-the-scenes workings of this industry, exposing its controversies and scandals.

Despite facing public criticism and instances of instructors being deported from countries due to their contentious methods, the pickup industry continues to thrive. Men from all over the world collectively spend hundreds of millions of dollars to attend seminars, download online courses, and have one-on-one coaching sessions with these instructors, viewing them as idols who can provide them with the dating life they've always desired.

The Pickup Game delves into both the glossy exterior of self-improvement that these courses are marketed as, as well as the dark underbelly of sexual assault, pyramid scheme marketing, and secretive collusions within the industry. This film offers a thought-provoking and eye-opening exploration of a world that is both fascinating and horrifying.

Join us as we pull back the curtain to expose the captivating yet disturbing reality of the pickup industry in The Pickup Game.

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