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The Return
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Americanah
Carries a strong pull into television through migration and folklore.
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The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
Carries a strong pull into television through migration and folklore.
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Return of the Living Brickbats
Carries a strong pull into film through migration and after-hours.
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The Returned
Carries a strong pull into books through migration and folklore.
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Twin Peaks: The Return
Carries a strong pull into books through migration and South Asia.
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Books · Strong bridge
Season of Migration to the North
1960s
A Sudanese man returns from England. Colonialism reversed as seduction and destruction.
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Music · Strong bridge
Return of the Living Brickbats
2010s
Anime · Strong bridge
The Cat Returns
2000s
The Cat Returns is a 2002 anime title tied to Hiroyuki Morita and Yuji Nomi and Japan. It keeps the animated field legible through atmosphere, genre range, and exact-title recall.
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Film · Strong bridge
The Return
2000s
Two brothers' fishing trip with their long-absent father. Patriarchal authority and its costs.
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Television 2000s
The Wire
Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.
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Books 2010s
Americanah
A Nigerian woman in America blogs about race. Immigration, identity, and return.
Anime 2000s
Natsume's Book of Friends
Blessed with eyes that are able to perceive the otherwise invisible youkai, Takashi Natsume hides his ability from his newfound family and friends to protect everyone's peaceful daily life. Nonetheless, Natsume never fails to show the same kindness to the benevolent youkai and happily returns their names by using th...
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Film 1970s
The Godfather
The Corleone family saga. Power, loyalty, and the corruption of the American dream.
Television 1990s
The Sopranos
A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.
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Books
The Odyssey
A hero's ten-year journey home from war. The foundation of Western narrative.