Spoilers ahead: for the puzzle and the movies/games
This page reveals all categories and answers for this puzzle. It also discusses plot details, story endings, and other spoilers for some of the movies/games shown.
easy
Royal romance and public identity
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Romance has to negotiate with court life, public duty, protocol, or a royal identity that refuses to stay tucked under a hat.
medium
Stand-up comedians on screen
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Stand-up is not just a job in these films. It is the place where ego, illness, romance, fame, and self-sabotage walk onstage with a microphone.
hard
1970s conspiracy nightmares
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These are 1970s fears with institutional teeth: food systems, suburbia, medical power, old fascists, and the suspicion that every official answer is the wrong one.
tricky
Saturday Night Live sketch films
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