Mark Duplass Has a Plan to Save Television

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Chances are Mark Duplass is most recognizable to the general public from his role on The Morning Show as Reese Witherspoon’s frumpy producer, but real Letterboxd heads know him as a longtime indie-film stalwart. Since he and brother Jay — both writers, actors, directors, and producers — broke out with the road-trip character drama Puffy Chair in 2005, reportedly made for just $15,000, they’ve quietly built a prolific body of work through Duplass Brothers Productions...