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Whitney Friedlander

Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs poster, 1937, with home sketches. (Photo Illustration by Salon/Getty. Home sketches courtesy Ryan Ole Hass.)

The cautionary tale of the real-life Snow White who lived among us in Hollywood

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Alexander Skarsgard and Sarah Snook in "Succession" (Macall Polay/HBO)

“Succession”: We have questions about Shiv’s news

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Claire Danes as Rachel Fleishman in "Fleischman Is in Trouble" Episode 7, "Me-Time" (Linda Kallerus/FX)

How TV has embraced the traumatic side of the “dangerous miracle” of childbirth

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Tanner Buchanan and Addison Rae in "He's All That" (Netflix)

“He’s All That” and why the Pygmalion story is so important to – yet undermines – teen stories

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Jason Sudeikis in "Ted Lasso" (Apple TV+)

The worst thing about “Ted Lasso” is Ted Lasso himself

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Wyatt Russell in "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" (Marvel Studios/Disney+)

Who lives and who dies? What TV has taught us about who’s lucky enough to survive

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