It has been another curious week of half-truths, spin and outright falsehood as culture commentators get to grips with recent releases Jack Ryan (on Amazon), For all Mankind (on Apple TV) and Midway (in theaters now).
We will start with Jack Ryan, because I’ve spent the last several weeks putting together a detail video essay about the show. It is currently in youtube copyright purgatory but it should be available soon.
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