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  • Godzilla Returning to His Roots

    Godzilla Returning to His Roots

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    By Alira Cohen Monsters are important. You might laugh at this statement, but it’s true. I first realized this when I was eight years old watching the 1956 American cut of Ishiro Honda’s “Gojira,” a cautionary tale about nuclear war. In spite of the American cut’s obvious efforts to soften the blow of the message…