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Danny Boyle Says He Shouldn’t Have Made Slumdog. Should He?
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Danny Boyle Says He Shouldn’t Have Made Slumdog. Should He?

Plus: A review of '28 Years Later'!
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Danny Boyle says he couldn’t — and shouldn’t — make Slumdog Millionaire today. Sonny Bunch, Alyssa Rosenberg, and Peter Suderman dive into the cultural appropriation debate, the limits of identity in art, and how this all relates to Boyle’s latest film, 28 Years Later. They also tackle how these same culture-war battles are reshaping YA fiction, Hollywo…

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