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American Icons: ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’

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October 17, 2019

How an epic flop became the longest-running theatrical release in U.S. movie history.

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American Icons: ‘The Searchers’

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October 17, 2019

The complicated legacy of John Ford’s problematic masterpiece starring John Wayne.

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American Icons: ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’

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October 10, 2019

How Maya Angelou’s first book came to be loved — and banned — so much.

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American Icons: Jimi Hendrix's ‘Star-Spangled Banner’

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August 15, 2019

This is the sound of a nation breaking at the seams.

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American Icons: ‘Mad Magazine’

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August 06, 2019

This is the magazine that made America snarky.

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American Icons: ‘Moby-Dick’

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August 01, 2019

In this Peabody Award-winning show, Kurt Andersen sets sail in search of the great white whale.

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American Icons: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ — Part Two

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May 30, 2019

“My distrust of technology comes entirely from that movie.”

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American Icons: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ — Part One

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May 09, 2019

It’s HAL’s world — we just live in it.

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American Icons: ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’

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March 28, 2019

How an epic flop became the longest-running theatrical release in U.S. movie history.

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American Icons: ‘Cross Road Blues’

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February 28, 2019

How the myth of a pact with the devil and a phenomenal guitar technique turned Robert Johnson's 1936 song into a hit.

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