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SELECTED ARTICLES, PROFILES, AND ORAL HISTORIES
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50 Years Ago, ‘Jaws’ Hit Bookstores, Capturing the Angst of a Generation (The New York Times)

His Book Was Repeatedly Banned. Fight For It Shaped His Life. (The New York Times)

The Slick and the Dirty: LA Noir in the 1980s (Noir City magazine, not online)

25 Years Ago, ‘Hannibal’ Marked the Rise of a New Kind of Blockbuster (The New York Times)

FROM THE RINGER

The Totally True Story of the Weirdest Movie You’ve Never Seen

How Tim Robinson Created the Best Sketch Show in Years

When Neo-Noir Took Over the ‘90s

The Rise and Fall of the Erotic Thriller

FROM WIRED

The Making of “Blade Runner 2049”

How the Insane Clown Posse Took Over the Internet—and the Country

The Guy Who Played Jar Jar Binks Makes Peace With His Past

“Weird Al” Yankovic: Forefather of the Internet Spoof

Now Playing: Cheap-and-Schlocky Blockbuster Ripoffs

Why “America’s Funniest Home Videos” Won’t Die

ORAL HISTORIES

The Upright Citizens Brigade (New York)

Wonder Showzen (The Ringer)

Cheers (GQ)

“Mystery Science Theater 3000” (Wired)

Purple Rain (Spin)

Dazed and Confused (GQ)

Game of Thrones: “Blackwater” (GQ)

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