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Burt Reynolds in “Smokey and the Bandit II.”
How the oil crisis of the 1970s inspired C.W. McCall's novelty trucker hit "Convoy," launching a national CB radio craze. Theater designer Joshua Dachs tells Kurt how stages have evolved over the centuries — and why so many productions are now drawn to unconventional spaces. And June Thomas looks at how sexual harassment is depicted on television.
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