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How pop-culture references hurt Stranger Things / Happy Days star running for mayor / Are streamers losing interest in comedies?

PLUS: Larry Wilmore on Black TV writers and “who gets to say what we see.”

Norman Weiss
Jul 07, 2022
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Stranger Things' escapism no longer jibes with its 1980s pop-culture references
In Season 4, the Duffer Brothers finally showed the limits of their "model of sincere, loving reproduction," says Sophie…

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