Released in the wake of the mind-blowing college admissions scandal, Netflix’s “The Perfect Date” is a cinematic interpretation of how economic inequality affects social mobility, corrupting the so-called “fairness” of college admissions.

On any given episode of Comedy Central’s critically-adored series “Broad City,” New Yorker protagonists Abbi Abrams and Ilana Wexler are totally in sync. They people watch in Central Park, partake...