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We're Cannibals—But We Only Eat Each Other

A ramble about Online™

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Ben Dreyfuss
May 01, 2025
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A rule about families is that when you’re arguing about something, you’re probably arguing about something else. The fight is rarely about the thing—it’s about everything beneath it. In theater, this often manifests as a character arriving from outside the family whose presence sets off a cascade of conflicts rooted in the family’s own dysfunction.

But t…

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