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An updated Tales proves you can go home again

Mary Ann (Linney) and Anna (Dukakis) tell new Tales

EACH EPISODE OF TALES OF THE CITY CLOSES ON A SHOT OF the rainbow flag, which almost feels a little on the nose—until it doesn’t. The Netflix miniseries is a sequel to the earlier television adaptations of Armistead Maupin’s novels about the intersecting lives of the largely queer residents of 28 Barbary Lane. But it’s also an update,

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