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We’ve Lost the Plot
Our constant need for entertainment has blurred the line between fiction and reality—on television, in American politics, and in our everyday lives.
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What to do about the deadly misfits among us? First, recognize the problem.
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Even before her comeback, the actor excelled at humanizing characters who were written as mere laughingstocks.
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Images of Japanese macaques relaxing and staying warm in the waters of a mountain hot spring
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HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us offers a definitive case for games’ narrative impoverishment.
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