InTar,Barbarian,andGlass Onion,theres pleasure in watching celebrities fall.

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And thats just on an episode level.

Freed from the burdens of topicality, characters in the process of being canceled make for great material.

And that while it may not mean much in terms of systemic change, theyve earned it.

But guilt seeps in at the edges.

There is something wistful about these bursts of self-awareness.

The promise of Schadenfreude is a more straightforward proposition.

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