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James Gunn on Killing Off The Suicide Squad Characters: ‘I’m a Servant of the Story’

Over the months and years that have led up to The Suicide Squad’s August release, writer-director James Gunn has been very clear: He can kill off anyone. And with a cast as overstuffed with characters as this movie, that’s hardly a surprise. Genuinely, without knowing ourselves about who lives and who dies in The Suicide Squad, are there really many folks out there ready to weep tears of sorrow over the loss of villains like… Polka-Dot Man or or T.D.K.? Nevertheless, Gunn is likely aware of an adage over at Marvel Studios (where he made the Guardians of the Galaxy…
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Servant Season 2: What is the Test of Leprosy?

The following contains spoilers for Servant season 2. In case season 1’s 10 episodes hadn’t already made it apparent, Servant is a very strange slow-burn of a show. This series begins with the creepy concept of a young couple bringing in a nanny to take care of their lifeless doll son and only gets more bizarre from there. That offbeat sense of unease reaches its height in the Servant season 2 premiere, “Doll.” This half hour finds the Turner family dealing with the immediate aftermath of the season 1 finale when maid Leanne Grayson (Nell Tiger Free) disappeared with the…
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