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The loneliness of (a 1990s) childhood

Or: Some movies about leaving the television on.
A short-haired woman in a white T-shirt sits with a red-haired girl in glasses. They are watching something.
Lacy and her mom both have to learn how to live on this planet in Janet Planet. See what I did there? (Credit: A24)

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Emily St. James

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