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What Hollywood Could Learn From The 20-Y...
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What's behind the 20-year success of the
Fast & Furious
franchise? Casting, storytelling and reinvention. NPR's
Linda Holmes
— who wrote
an owner's manual to the franchise
— explains.
Linda is one of the hosts of NPR's
Pop Culture Happy Hour
. Find their episode about
F9
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.
F9
premiered overseas last month while waiting for pandemic-shuttered cinemas to open in the U.S., where it's supposed to restart the Hollywood blockbuster. NPR's
Bob Mondello
has more in his
review of the film.
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