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Does Everything Need a Live-Action Remake?

Culture and entertainment musts from Katherine J. Wu
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Welcome back to The Daily’s Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer or editor reveals what’s keeping them entertained. Today’s special guest is Katherine J. Wu, a staff writer at The Atlantic who has reported on what we still don’t know about long COVID, the devastation of the bird flu, and the mysteries of fetching behavior in cats.

Katherine recently started watching , a show that parallels the conceit of and reminds her why cringe comedy lands. During her downtime, she can be found browsing Buy Nothing groups on Facebook, rewatching episodes, or reading , by Mary

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