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It's Wednesday, July 13, 2016.

On today's show, The Night of Ise, it must be said,

thrilling new HBO limited series it stars Riz

Ahmed as a young college age second generation Pakistani American who finds

himself in exactly the wrong place at exactly the wrong time. And then the Iranian filmmaker

Abbas Kirostami died last week. He's widely acknowledged as a modern master, one of the

really true greats of world cinema. He's also, I had to confess, a blind spot of mine. We're assuming maybe also

something of a blind spot for some of our listeners. We thought we'd rectify this in a little way.

By all watching one of his movies, Dana picked the 1990 film Close Up.

spoiler, it's a masterpiece.

Finally, we discuss the gathering flap over Hollywood actresses and plastic surgery.

Joining me today is Slate's editor Julia Turner.

Julia, what slew of flimsy lies did you tell to get out of jury duty this week?

I just asked for a postponement, so I'm going to have to go do it again at six months.

Well it's great to have you back.

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