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Cowboy Bebop: "My Funny Valentine" and "Black Dog Serenade"
In which a story depends on how you tell it
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This Italian crime drama believably depicts a dark world without exploitative rape scenes
Gomorrah takes us into the heart of darkness, but it doesn't overwhelm viewers with sexual violence like so many other crime dramas.
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Kirsten and Natalie #4: Kirsten Dunst, 1999-2001
In which an alternate universe version of me finds every single one of her favorite movies
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Four international horror series to recapture that Squid Game vibe
Desolation? The apocalypse? The suffocating embrace of unchecked capitalism? These shows have it all!
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Cowboy Bebop: "Jupiter Jazz"
In which it was a different time
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Kirsten and Natalie interlude: The music videos of Kirsten Dunst
So many musicians have made music videos about staring at Kirsten Dunst
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Cowboy Bebop: "Toys in the Attic" and "Bohemian Rhapsody"
In which the show pays homage to Alien, 2001, and Chessmaster 3000
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The Drew Carey Show explored crossdressing — in very 1990s fashion
The Cleveland-set sitcom tried to understand gender non-conformity. And then it stopped trying.
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It's a perfectly adequate life
OR: On longing
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The welcome vulnerability of John Cena
He's a musclebound action star who really doesn't mind being the butt of the joke.
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Cowboy Bebop: "Jamming With Edward" and "Ganymede Elegy"
In which I get why everybody told me that this show had "some gender stuff"
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The surprisingly enduring appeal of Stephen Sondheim's Company
Two major productions have revealed new facets in a musical long thought to be hopelessly dated.