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Friendship perfectly captures the crisis of modern masculinity

The Tim Robinson vehicle is a pitch-perfect look at a man who has everything and appreciates none of it.
Tim Robinson, clad in a deeply tan suit, sits behind a sweet drum set.
Would you let this man be your friend? (Credit: A24)

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