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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    'The Prom’ is ‘absolutely tonedeaf in execution,’ says critic

    Critics review “Wolfwalkers,” an animated feature about a girl going to Ireland with her dad to wipe out the world’s last dangerous wolf pack, but then she befriends a native girl whose tribe supposedly transforms into wolves at night; “I’m Your…

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 11, 2020 • 14m Listen

    Critics review “Wolfwalkers,” an animated feature about a girl going to Ireland with her dad to wipe out the world’s last dangerous wolf pack, but then she befriends a native girl whose tribe supposedly transforms into wolves at night; “I’m Your Woman,” which follows a woman who goes on the run with her baby after her husband turns his back on his crime partners; “Small Axe,” based on the real-life experiences of London's West Indian community from 1969 to 1982; “The Prom,” about theater troupe members who support a high school girl’s desire to take her girlfriend to prom in a conservative town.

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    Congress passes week-long spending bill, but what about another COVID stimulus package?
    1. 0:00Congress is at ‘square one’ after another week of no COVID stimulus package
    2. 9:02How to overcome COVID vaccine skepticism among Black and Brown communities
    3. 19:31When Trump and Giuliani got COVID, they were treated with a drug cocktail unavailable to most people
    4. 27:02Nacho-style cannoli for Hanukkah, plus the LA Times’ 101 restaurants list
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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    Congress passes week-long spending bill, but what about another COVID stimulus package?
    1. 0:00Congress is at ‘square one’ after another week of no COVID stimulus package
    2. 9:02How to overcome COVID vaccine skepticism among Black and Brown communities
    3. 19:31When Trump and Giuliani got COVID, they were treated with a drug cocktail unavailable to most people
    4. 27:02Nacho-style cannoli for Hanukkah, plus the LA Times’ 101 restaurants list
    5. 36:10'The Prom’ is ‘absolutely tonedeaf in execution,’ says criticYou’re reading this
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