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    Commentary: A binge-watcher's guide to reading vs. watching

    by Diana Wagman, Los Angeles Times Jan 18, 2019 4 minutes

    I know people who say they don't watch television, and I always nod and agree. Reading is an intellectual endeavor, even if it's a comic book, and television is lowbrow entertainment geared toward the lowest common denominator, right? Only idiots enjoy the idiot box, right?

    Idiots like me. I'm going to Scotland in 2019 and three different people told me I must watch "Outlander" before I go. I don't have STARZ, so I ordered old-fashioned DVDs from Netflix. "Outlander" is like "Game of Thrones" for fans of romance novels: a little magick (with a "k"), a lot of sex, some tasteful 18th

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