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Don't laugh: Movie comedies are disappearing

• Kim Mills
• Jul 20, 2019
• Jul 20, 2019
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Kim Mills

There are those who worry about antibiotic resistance and flesh-eating bacteria, or the fact that it hit 90 degrees in Anchorage for the first time and the melting permafrost is releasing ancient life forms. Those things are worth worrying about.

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