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By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Carries a strong pull into television through power and longing.
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The Real Deal
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The Bisexual
Carries a strong pull into music through power and longing.
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The Capture
Carries a strong pull into books through power and South Asia.
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The Bisexual
2010s
The Bisexual is a 2018 television series from United Kingdom and United States, shaped by Desiree Akhavan. It helps the serial catalog read as a real field of seasons, institutions, and recurring pressure.
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Real Life
2020s
"A novel of rare emotional power that excavates the social intricacies of a late-summer weekend -- and a lifetime of buried pain. Almost everything about Wallace, an introverted African-American transplant from Alabama, is at odds with the lakeside Midwestern university town where he is working toward a biochem degr...
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By the Time I Get to Phoenix
2020s
Experimental hip-hop processing a member's death in real time. Grief as glitch.
Film · Strong bridge
Pulse
2000s
Pulse is a 2001 Japanese techno-horror film written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. The plot follows two separate storylines in Japan that faces mass disappearances amidst a ghostly invasion of the real world via the Internet. One f...
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The Alec Baldwin Show
The Alec Baldwin Show is a 2018 television series from United States, shaped by Jerry Foley. It helps the serial catalog read as a real field of seasons, institutions, and recurring pressure. Rooted in United States. Engages with nature, surveillance. In the index for the quality of its sustained storytelling.
Books 1990s
Snow Crash
Within the Metaverse, Hiro is offered a datafile named Snow Crash by a man named Raven who hints that it is a form of narcotic. Hiro's friend and fellow hacker Da5id views a bitmap image contained in the file which causes his computer to crash and Da5id to suffer brain damage in the real world. This is the future we...
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Film 1970s
The Battle of Chile
The fall of Salvador Allende documented in real time. Political cinema's most essential trilogy.
Television 2010s
The A List
The A List is a 2018 television series from United Kingdom, shaped by named creators. It helps the serial catalog read as a real field of seasons, institutions, and recurring pressure. Rooted in United Kingdom. Engages with nature, surveillance. In the index for the quality of its sustained storytelling.
Television 2010s
The Capture
The Capture is a 2019 television series from United Kingdom, shaped by named creators. It helps the serial catalog read as a real field of seasons, institutions, and recurring pressure. Rooted in United Kingdom. Engages with nature, surveillance. In the index for the quality of its sustained storytelling.
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Music 2010s
The Visitor