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This story contains minor spoilers for Thomas Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket and Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. As reading comprehension plummets, it’s become a status symbol to read “girthy” books, the kind of dick-measuring classics written by talented, reclusive wizards. Length is important. They have to be phallic; riding them has to be an accomplishment. Earlier this year, Federico …

This article contains spoilers for “One Battle After Another,” now in theaters. Ever since “One Battle After Another” entered development, rumors percolated that Paul Thomas Anderson‘s new film would be based on Thomas Pynchon‘s 1990 novel “Vineland.” The director, who is a fan of the post-modern author and previously adapted his 2009 novel “Inherent Vice” with the 2014 film of …