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The Revival of Sweeney Todd, Superiority Burger, and Spring

Photo: New York Magazine

Our guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable. Tap or click each image below to enlarge.

Photo: Nickelodeon (Medicaid); justicedanielkelly.com (Wisconsin); Getty Images (Soros, Hochul, carbon, Trump, Jesus, drinking, Adams); ajay_suresh/Flickr (passport)
Photo: Baltimore Museum of Art (Waters); Harper Collins (Chung); FlAG Art Foundation (Critchlow); Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman (Sweeney); winred.com (mug); Random House (Grann); Texas Observer (Texas); Julieta Cervantes/The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window (Tony’s); Life of Pi Broadway (tiger); Getty Images (MTG)
Photo: Getty Images (Rock, Leo, Garlick, Reese, Flatiron, Murdoch, engagement); Warner Bros. (Potter); Paramount Pictures (Shrek); Marco Verch/Flickr (trophy); Paramount+ (Grease), Walt Disney Pictures (allergies)
Photo: Getty Images (Reese, Papaya, Amtrak) Focus Features (Taylor); XL Recordings (Yaeji); Blackened (Metallica); Hulu (Strayed, Rye); Hulu (Tiny)

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