On the surface, Inventing Anna — Netflix's latest series about the art of the grift — appears to be for true-crime junkies who prefer their felonies heavy on fraud, light on gore. Coming hot ...

The show charts the trajectory of Netflix’s other grifter-thrashing limited series like Inventing Anna, closely following its subject as well as all the unfortunates left in her wake.

Inventing Anna is a case study in how to hustle up — one we’re reminded is all true. Except for the parts that are made up. Chlumsky plays Kent with believable reporter-like determination and ...