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The Commons 4.5: Understanding Hollywood's War on the Family
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In this episode of The Commons, Brian Phillips and Matt Bianco discuss how parents are portrayed in film and the media. Is the apparent “war on the family” intentionally destructive, or are parent portrayals rooted in something else entirely?
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