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fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

"Love Story" and Why We Cling to the Kennedy Myth

FX's 'Love Story' meticulously recreates 1990s aesthetics of JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette while reducing their relationship to a generic fairy tale, reflecting America's enduring fascination with the Kennedy family as a royal dynasty.
fromArtnet News
1 week ago

A Closer Look at the Posthumous JFK Portrait Seen in 'Love Story'

The only stipulation she made was, 'I don't want him to look the way everybody else makes him look, with the bags under his eyes and that penetrating gaze. I'm tired of that image.' Shikler studied photographs to create a presidential portrait that honored Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis's vision of how her late husband should be remembered and represented in the White House collection.
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Television
fromVulture
3 weeks ago

Love Story Recap: Rules of the Game

Ryan Murphy's Love Story portrayal of John F. Kennedy Jr. reduces him to a reactive, emotionally hollow character, failing to capture the complexity necessary for compelling drama and unfairly diminishing his legacy.
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