The Cheating Creative Cliche, Explained - When Art Imitates Infidelity...

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:46 A drive for drama in fiction & real life
02:19 Cheating as a trope across media
03:38 Thanks to Factor!
04:57 When they pull infidelity from their real lives...
08:32 The fame imbalance & ignored pain
10:19 So, where do we go from here?

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