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“Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth”: Chernobyl, The Inventor, and the inconvenience of objective reality

If the FYRE documentary felt like a dark comedy, The Inventor gets a little bit closer to dystopia ... and Chernobyl takes that progression to its logical, horrifying, heart-breaking endpoint.

Peter Aidan Byrne (pop) cultural criticism Leave a comment June 14, 2019June 15, 2019 8 Minutes

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