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Why Do We Keep Rewatching Movies?

What's The Draw When You Already Know The Beginning, Middle And End?

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We all have our favorite movies, TV shows or albums that we’ve probably seen or heard four, five, maybe six times. Journalist Rick Paulas is on a different level though. He has seen the 1985 movie “Clue” more than 100 times, and has no regrets. Listen to Haleema Shah and Chris Malina ask him about the science behind re-consuming pop culture.

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