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The Young Pope
January 23, 2020
Critical Mass
Philippa Snow
The New Pope
’s Tireless Commitment to Transgression
Paolo Sorrentino’s new HBO show plays a variation on the decadence of “The Young Pope.”
January 18, 2017
Sarah Jones
The Young Pope
: An Authoritarian With an American Accent
HBO's new show is both of our time and not.
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