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Television: 'Scarecrow and Mrs. King' and the Politics of 2025

How is the legacy of a spy series from the mid-80s reflecting on our current political and social environment?

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Amy McGrath
Jun 25, 2025
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Before this year gets even weirder than it should, here’s an interesting pop culture concept to consider: if we’re living in a world of make-believe government employees posing as ‘serious actors’ refusing to enforce a code of conduct that should be believable, just remember we lived in a world where serious actors posed as make-believe ‘government empl…

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