Does the 'Friends' Reunion Hold Up?
The Atlantic The long-awaited reunion special is an uneasy continuation of the sitcom’s easy fantasies. 6:00 AM ET Friends: The Reunion. The nostalgia will be monetized. Friends: The Reunion premieres today on HBO Max. The long-awaited special is not a reboot—not another sitcom refurbished and resold, old characters living new stories—but instead a splashy gathering of the original show’s cast. It features a dizzying hodgepodge of interviews, cameos, and talking-head testimonials, many of them earnestly telethonic in tone. The reunion turns Friends’ fictions into a reality show....
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