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On Martha Stewart and the Perils of "Perfection"

What the new Netflix documentary gets right and wrong.

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Lisa Kholostenko
Nov 12, 2024
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An impossibly quaint road slices through a lush green canopy, trees leaning with dreamlike whimsy into an archway. Leaves gently dance, cascading branches sway in the wind like lazy limbs, birds chirp across every corner. You could open a storybook with this scene.

The Director asks, “What is it you most dislike?” 

Martha: “That's a hard question to answe…

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