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Jul 2018
37m 31s

Bo Burnham On the Couch

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How the director’s fascination with the internet inspired Eighth Grade, that movie making everyone on your Twitter feed cry. Plus, John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) in this oldie but goodie. 

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