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Mary McNamara

Mary McNamara: The Jan. 6 committee report feels like a '70s rerun. Here's why it's definitely not

Can someone grab me a Tab and some Sea & Ski? We've time-traveled back to the 1970s, and I need to prep for summer.

It's easy to feel that way, at least: Here we all are again, watching a televised account of a Republican-led attempt to thwart democracy even as we cope with a gas crisis, rising inflation, abortion rights protests and what will inevitably be described at some point as cultural malaise. With the recent death of Jim Seals, "Summer Breeze" and "Diamond Girl" are earworming their way through the collective consciousness and the Rolling Stones just played Liverpool.

There's a show about the making of "The Godfather," a recent retread of "Death on the Nile," an upcoming Elvis biopic and the sneaky return of crochet halter tops and bell bottoms.

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