HBO’s surreal Larry David ads

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The new season of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm premieres this Sunday, and the print campaign for it couldn’t be more disturbing. The ads show a crowd of people, men and women, all with Larry David’s head bearing the same impassive expression. The image is reminiscent of another creepy scene from a few years back—the one in Being John Malkovich where Malkovich enters his head and confronts a world populated by multiple Malkoviches. (That bizarre visual prompted one

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