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The Inside Story of the $10 Banana on ‘Arrested Development’
The nearly 20-year-old bit — ‘It’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost, $10?’ — has become a battle cry in the pandemic. The show’s creators tell us how Lucille’s famous line came to be
Why Sick Patients Are So Drawn to Cable News
Battling leukemia, my mom kept turning to CNN and Chris Cuomo. It turns out that cable news has a positive effect on some hospitalized people — even though it can make healthy folks feel like trash
WandaVision’s Lazy Nostalgia Isn’t as Smart as It Thinks
The MCU’s first television series wants to point out that picket-fence America isn’t as innocent as it appears. But it’s not so much an indictment of nostalgia as a cynical exploitation of it
‘Arthur’ Is the Most Stylish Show on TV
All the TikTok baddies and e-boys want what Arthur’s parents have
