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YOU HAVE MEDDLED WITH THE PRIMAL FORCES OF NATURE

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YOU HAVE MEDDLED WITH THE PRIMAL FORCES OF NATURE

Jonathan M. Katz
Aug 25, 2019
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Hello gang. Claire and I have been on a re-watching-old-movies kick lately. Last night it was Network, Paddy Chayefsky’s dark satire of the news business. I don’t know the last time I saw it but I’m pretty sure it was on a VHS cassette.

Time has only made the movie more disturbing and prescient. I don’t want to give away the plot, because if you haven’t …

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