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Long Island Compromise (Taffy Brodesser-Akner)

As if 'The Corrections' and 'A Serious Man' had a present-day baby

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Gabriel Frieberg
Jul 26, 2024
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Taffy Brodesser-Akner's 'Long Island Compromise' Series Set At Apple.

What’s it about? In 1980, wealthy businessman Carl Fletcher is kidnapped and held for ransom in Long Island, but after his release and apparent recovery, the trauma resurfaces nearly forty years late…

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