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  "textContent": "Whether for relatability, or digestibility, the American coming-of-age genre tends to focus on broadly awkward characters with mild social anxiety. Will Ropp’s feature debut “Brian” makes that idea more specific and turns it up to 11, with a teenage protagonist whose mental health issues cause not infrequent outbursts, and who maintains a keenly self-aware sense […]",
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