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‘The Greatest Showman’ Is a Spectacular Show But Ignores Some Uncomfortable Truths
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‘The Greatest Showman’ Is a Spectacular Show But Ignores Some Uncomfortable Truths

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Susan Kemp
/ 16 January 2018

With all the glitz and glamor, it's easy to enjoy the ride—so long as you don't catch a whiff of the manure piling up behind the tent.

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‘At Any Price’: Fathers, Sons, and Girlfriends

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Cynthia Fuchs
/ 3 May 2013
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‘The Lucky One’ Gives Us a Recuperative History of the Iraq War

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Molly Brown
/ 4 September 2012
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Recent Retro, Or What Will We Be Nostalgic About in the Future?

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Jessy Krupa
/ 10 August 2011
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Renée Scolaro Mora
/ 17 April 2009
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/ 14 January 2009
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/ 12 January 2009
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Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008

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Bill Gibron
/ 9 September 2008

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