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The television series gives period-drama treatment to one of the most scandalous families of twentieth-century Europe.
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Mimi Pond is the author of the graphic biography “Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me.”
The Pictures
From “I, Tonya” to Chris Farley, Pound by Pound
Need a meaty, cloddish, yet affable Everyman who can act? Paul Walter Hauser knows how to own the body type.
By Michael Schulman
Laugh Lines
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Ratings Roundup
Trump Flunks the Kitchen Test
The President’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, got hit with the lowest health-inspection score in its county. How does it compare to a local Ecuadorian joint with a similar rating?
By Zach Helfand
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Mayor Karen Bass on Marines in Los Angeles
Elected in part on a promise to address the housing crisis, Bass faces a different crisis: a federal “seizure” of Los Angeles, and an Administration fixated on mass deportation.
Comment
The Politics of Fear
As a Presidential candidate, Donald Trump made his world view plain: there was “us” and there was “them.” Once he was in the White House, the fear factor would prevail.
By David Remnick
Make-Believe Dept.
Trump’s Birthday Parade Was a Hollywood Job
When the reality-TV President needed to outfit his martial procession, organizers turned to props once used by Mel Gibson, Paul Giamatti, and a Dodge car commercial.
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Humor
Why I Left the City and Moved My Family Into an Inflatable Bounce House
Buy a house in this market? Do I look like a complete chucklehead?
By Danielle Kraese
D.C. Postcard
“Yes, And” for Downsized Federal Workers
A Washington, D.C., improv theatre invited recently laid-off civil servants to a free workshop. The goals: stay adaptable, and maybe even laugh.
By Sadie Dingfelder
Critics at Large
“Materialists,” “Too Much,” and the Modern Rom-Com
Romantic comedies tend to reflect their eras’ attitudes toward women and relationships. What do new works in the genre have to tell us about sex and love today?
On Television
What the Cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” Means
CBS and its parent company, Paramount, have set an end date for one of the last public pipelines to some version of the truth.
By Vinson Cunningham