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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'The Godfather' and the limits of on-screen representation

From our friends at <a href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510282/pop-culture-happy-hour">Pop Culture Happy Hour</a>, a deep dive on The Godfather – and why the classic film was not universally loved by the Italian-American community that it portrayed. This episode is part one of the new three-part podcast series <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/11/21/1137255691/screening-ourselves-the-art-and-archive-of-feeling-unseen-on-screen">Screening Ourselves</a>, which is all about the complicated relationships between on-screen characters and the people they aim to represent. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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