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Critic’s Notebook

The Banal Provocation of Sydney Sweeney’s Jeans

The American Eagle campaign, with its presentation of Americana as a zombie slop of mustangs, denim, and good genes, is lowest-common-denominator stuff.
Annals of Appearances

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Trial Is Her Best Role in Years

In Utah civil court, the actress has unabashedly leaned into every stereotype that has ever been used to label her, in a performance that rises to the level of Ryan Murphy-esque high camp.