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How ‘BoJack’ Season 5 Humanizes Opioid Addiction

September 19, 2018January 22, 2020 Adryan CorcioneComments Off on How ‘BoJack’ Season 5 Humanizes Opioid Addiction

Whether he’s BoJack the horse or BoJack the actor, he’s still a BoJack suffering from addiction.

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Breaking the spell of a pervasive—and damaging—cultural force.

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Nine core qualities that make a cartoon cool.

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Pixar’s First Nonverbal Autistic Protagonist Sets a New Standard in ‘Loop’

By Jessica Levine

Autism is rarely presented in the media with this kind of dignity and accuracy.

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