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Spikes in methanol poisonings are common in Iran, where ordinary alcohol can’t be sold or consumed and bootleggers often use industrial methanol to produce homemade alcoholic drinks instead.
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Bykai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
The dynamic echoed commercial theater’s current love affair with missing-the-point adaptations of The Great Gatsby, a Faust story of its own with a bootlegger as the Devil.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Among the additions to season two is Simu Liu as the voice of Chang, a charming bootlegger from a powerful family who can been seen above in the first-look clip that is exclusive to THR.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Sep. 2024
Simon, a cassette tape bootlegger — how’s that for period detail! — played by Jason Andrews is struggling to hold his life together when he is visited by a woman from his past (Eddie Daniels) with startling news that sends him on an emotional journey.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
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Bykai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
The dynamic echoed commercial theater’s current love affair with missing-the-point adaptations of The Great Gatsby, a Faust story of its own with a bootlegger as the Devil.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2024
Among the additions to season two is Simu Liu as the voice of Chang, a charming bootlegger from a powerful family who can been seen above in the first-look clip that is exclusive to THR.
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Sep. 2024
Simon, a cassette tape bootlegger — how’s that for period detail! — played by Jason Andrews is struggling to hold his life together when he is visited by a woman from his past (Eddie Daniels) with startling news that sends him on an emotional journey.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Bootlegger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bootlegger. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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