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The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( Devour pop culture with us: [Subscribe]( now. The Best Stories of This Week [You Don’t Have to Be a Superhero Recent onscreen depictions of autistic adults reflect the entertainment world’s growing — if still imperfect — understanding of a lifelong condition.]( [Chloé Zhao’s America The creator of quiet indie dramas is now the most-sought-after director in Hollywood.]( [Failing Britney Spears It shouldn’t have taken ten years to realize the discourse about her had been a hurtful, unhealthy constant.]( [Native Comedy Is Happening Everywhere Three Native comedians on being overlooked in the industry and why that’s — sort of — starting to change.]( By Megh Wright [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Allen v. Farrow Places Dylan Farrow at the Center of Her Own Story The new HBO docuseries reexamines the familiar allegations against Woody Allen from a different perspective with context we have not seen before.]( By Jen Chaney [Oscar Futures: Can Black Messiah Rise Again? After a disappointing showing at the initial precursors, late arrival Judas and the Black Messiah is picking up momentum.]( By Nate Jones [Peter Frampton on the Thunderous Legacy of Frampton Comes Alive!, 45 Years Later “Oh gosh, is there any part of the album that didn’t get attention?”]( By Devon Ivie [Anna Baryshnikov Breaks Down That Dickinson Dance Number “I had considered taking a shot of tequila before I did it because I was so nervous.”]( By Valentina Valentini [Tracking Nomadland’s Path Across the American West From a beet harvest in Nebraska to the inside of an Amazon fulfillment center.]( By Jackson McHenry [The Muppet Show Must Go On The enduring troupe of felt players has always existed on a continuum of self-awareness, and it all began on The Muppet Show.]( By Matt Zoller Seitz [Please, Everyone, Read Christopher Plummer’s Autobiography These few bits will get you hooked.]( By Helen Shaw [Wolfwalkers Is Giving Kids a History Lesson on the Horrors of Colonialism The animators behind the Golden Globe–nominated indie discuss how they used Irish history to tell a tale of climate crisis today.]( By Rebecca Alter [A Guide to Russell T. Davies’s Queer Canon The It’s a Sin showrunner has a long history of LGBTQ+ representation on the small screen.]( By Jon O'Brien [In Praise of Barb & Star’s Club Remix of ‘My Heart Will Go On’ Why is it only a minute long? I need more!]( By Jackson McHenry [It’s a Sin’s Clear-Eyed Look at the AIDS Crisis Has One Big Blind Spot Russell T. Davies’s often beautifully moving limited series, now on HBO Max, falls into a familiar pattern that complicates its central tragedy.]( By Kathryn VanArendonk [Two Reply All Hosts Are Stepping Down Amid ‘Test Kitchen’ Fallout Host PJ Vogt’s departure from the show will be permanent.]( By Nicholas Quah [Through the Cracks, Godcast, and 3 More Podcasts Worth Trying Plus, drama in Bachelor Nation.]( By Nicholas Quah [Inside Hollywood’s Rush to Make the First GameStop Movie A Who’s Who of screenwriters, producers, and streaming-service execs speeding to make the next Big Short. But is there room for them all?]( By Chris Lee [Annie Mumolo Tells the Stories Behind 7 of Barb & Star’s Silliest Gags From Edgar’s song to Trish and Tommy Bahama.]( By Jackson McHenry [Behind Her Eyes Is Trolling You Netflix’s new psychological thriller operates entirely in service of an ending so twisty and strange that it obliterates everything that came before.]( By Kathryn VanArendonk [Every Miley Cyrus Cover, Ranked Where do her Super Bowl and Tiny Desk covers rank?]( By Justin Curto [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read more from Vulture](     [Subscribe to New York]( [Subscribe to New York](   Get [unlimited digital access]( to New York, home of Vulture, Intelligencer, the Cut, Grub Street, the Strategist, and Curbed. [subscribe now](     We value your feedback. Send us a note at engage@nymag.com.     [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=weekly)   |   [privacy notice](   |   [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on e-mail newsletters please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 11th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2021, All rights reserved