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Oprah and <i>Ingrid Goes West</i>: The Week in Pop-Culture Writing

Highlights from seven days of reading about arts and entertainment
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Jonathan Van Meter | “Perhaps the main reason Oprah has returned to film acting is not just the recent uptick in the availability of actual roles for black women over 60, but also that she is being to return. … She has had a profound influence on our culture, not to mention our politics, given that many feel Barack Obama might not have made it across the finish line without her tireless support for him during his first presidential campaign,

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