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The false promise of paradise. 

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Soft power and hard camera angles. 

on the Six Kings Slam, now streaming on Netflix.

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The paralysis of the present.

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No match for history

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The rich in habit. 

Convent-ional wisdom about class division. 

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Color theory in Pluribus. 

on the use of color in Apple TV’s symbolic new thriller. 

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It was all yellow

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"I learned quickly that people accept what you tell them if you say it cheerfully."

on how she got out and the whales didn't. 

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Disassociating in a whale costume under the Texas sun

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The fantasy of the fragment.

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How a collector and shop owner in Maine came into a near-complete archive of "Martha Stewart Living."

talks with Alexander Widener about collecting and his newly acquired trove of vintage Martha magazines.

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Stacks and stacks of Martha Stewart

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