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Seriously, if you don't get it, you don't get it. Okay, if you don't get it, Wikipedia it."}],"editorialProject":null,"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Culture","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/","slug":"culture"},"reviews":[],"embeds":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:1298","displayName":"Ta-Nehisi Coates","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/ta-nehisi-coates/","biography":{"default":"Ta-Nehisi Coates is a former national correspondent for The Atlantic. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, We Were Eight Years in Power, The Water Dancer, and Between the World and Me, which won the National Book Award for nonfiction.","__typename":"Biography"},"socialMedia":[],"__typename":"Author","slug":"ta-nehisi-coates"}],"preview":null,"layout":"standard","secondaryByline":"","dek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2008/02/barry-to-hil-all-your-base-are-belong-to-us/5491/","title":"Barry to Hil: All Your Base Are Belong To Us","seoTitle":"Barry to Hil: All Your Base Are Belong To Us","dateModified":"2008-08-04T16:51:37Z","datePublished":"2008-02-13T12:15:21Z","hasMeter":true,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Culture","__typename":"Channel","slug":"culture"},"shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareDek":"","shareText":null,"shareTitle":"Barry to Hil: All Your Base Are Belong To Us","editorsNote":null,"leadArt":null,"narratedAudio":null,"narratedAudioImage":null,"fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/5491/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2008/02/barry-to-hil-all-your-base-are-belong-to-us/5491/","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"channels":[{"slug":"culture","__typename":"Channel"}],"watsonInfo":{"keywords":["Barack WTFPWNED Billary","school gaming nerd","Barack Obama","ancient classic"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo"},"slug":"barry-to-hil-all-your-base-are-belong-to-us","grapeshot":{"segments":["gv_safe","gt_positive","gb_safe","pos_customtopics","pos_lexus_fy23","pos_safe_core","pos_safe_strict","gs_politics","shadow9hu7_pos_bofa-kwlist","gs_politics_american","gt_positive_happiness","gt_negative_fear","gs_education_misc","gs_education","gt_positive_curiosity"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"}}}

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