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‘The West Wing’ special comes to HBO in an effort to encourage voters

(10/28/20 8:56pm)

I distinctly remember the first time I watched an episode of Aaron Sorkin’s “The West Wing.” It was the summer of 2017 and I was without faith in the American political process, so I looked to idealized representations of American politics in popular culture. I binged the show on Netflix and had my belief in democracy renewed. This hopefulness that I experienced is what the HBO Max special “A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote” sought to capture.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2020/10/the-west-wing-reunion-cnn-aaron-sorkin

"Tenet" and "Mulan" release to middling box office returns, mixed reviews and boycotts

(09/19/20 7:07pm)

A trip to the movies — for most, what was once an innocuous affair has been fundamentally changed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Going to the movie theater and spending an exorbitant sum of money for the largest popcorn bucket is not an essential business, and cramming dozens of people into a dark theater is the opposite of social distancing. Fittingly, the American movie theater industry largely shut down in the wake of the pandemic.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2020/09/ben-smith-mulan-and-tenet-covid-reviews