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January 26, 2015 Issue
Cover Story
Larry David the Schmuck Was the Best Thing to Happen to Larry David the Mensch
The TV curmudgeon takes Broadway. By Benjamin Wallace
On the Cover: Larry David. Photograph
by Martin Schoeller for New York Magazine. Prop styling by Jared Lawton; hair and makeup by Elizabeth Yoon for Chanel; David’s glasses by Oliver Peeples.
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Features
Trigger Warning
A straight white man tells you what the problem is with p.c. culture: It’s bad for liberalism. By Jonathan Chait
The Red-Hot Rubble of East New York
Brooklyn’s gentrification profiteers are expanding their boundaries. By Andrew Rice
What Kind of Fun House Is Living Alone?
And what does it do to you after decades? By Sanda Tsing Loh
Intelligencer
Political Dynasties Are Good for Women
Why female candidates need a nudge.
Life in Pictures: Savages
The all-female British punk band brunches in Williamsburg and gets silly during sound check.
57 Minutes With Kevin Costner
Who’s playing a grandfather for the first time.
Sex Lives
Do happy couples masturbate?
The Cut
Menswear, Circa Now
Making sense of a runway overrun with fringe, suede, and puzzling Lego masks.
Scenes From Milan Men’s
Turtlenecks and lacy tunics.
The Best Beards
So hairy at Florence’s Pitti Uomo.
Strategist
Best Bets
Kiddie manicures, statement footrests, and more new stuff in New York stores.
The Look Book
The partied-out student who’d rather just have a dinner party.
The Everything Guide to Being Frozen
From Manhattan’s new cryotherapy machine to a frozen Roberta’s pizza�cold can be a good thing.
The Restaurant Review
Adam Platt on Little Park and Upland.
The Dish
Rôtisserie Georgette’s lavishly accessorized chocolat chaud.
Slurp!
The best new soups to fortify you until the spring thaw.
Culture
Breaking Bob
Better Call Saul is Bob Odenkirk’s breakout.
How Saturday Night Live Gets Built
Behind the scenes with the rapid-fire set-makers.
�I’m Not a Very Good Dancer�
Boy wonder Justin Peck is upturning ballet.
The Case for Julianne Moore
Academy, she’s earned it.
The Pop Review
Sleater-Kinney’s No Cities to Love is a rock triumph.
The Movie Review
Jennifer Aniston goes drab in this deflated Cake.
The Movie Review
Timbuktu is shattering.
The Classical Music Review
The Prototype festival gives opera-makers�and Courtney Love�space to try new things.
To Do: January 28�February 11, 2015
Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.
Departments
Comments: Week of January 26, 2015
Readers sound off on Obama’s legacy, Eddie Huang’s Fresh Off the Boat, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of January 26, 2015
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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