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Warning: This episode contains descriptions of child abuse and domestic abuse.

Over the past few years, a celebrated filmmaker has tried to unlock the mysteries of the pop icon Prince.

Sasha Weiss, a deputy editor at The New York Times Magazine, says that the result is a cinematic masterpiece. How is it possible that nobody will ever see it?

Guest: Sasha Weiss, a deputy editor at The New York Times Magazine.

Background reading:

Inside Ezra Edelman’s documentary on Prince.

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12:T4d8,

Warning: This episode contains descriptions of child abuse and domestic abuse.

Over the past few years, a celebrated filmmaker has tried to unlock the mysteries of the pop icon Prince.

Sasha Weiss, a deputy editor at The New York Times Magazine, says that the result is a cinematic masterpiece. How is it possible that nobody will ever see it?

Guest: Sasha Weiss, a deputy editor at The New York Times Magazine.

Background reading:

The Cinematic Masterpiece You Won’t Get to See