COOL SUMMER PREVIEW: READY, SET...PLAY!

IT'S (ALMOST) SUMMERTIME! HERE'S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE SEASON'S COOLEST PLEASURES

Summertime and the living is easy...back of my neck getting dirty and gritty...oooo macarena! Let's admit one thing right off the bat: summer has changed, and not just because we're no longer 11 years old and looking forward to three months' worth of unadulterated goofing off, give or take a summer-school session or a stint at an overly rigorous sleep-away camp making lanyards for The Man. Once upon a time, for kids and adults alike, the season's operative word was languor; today it's grosses. Because summer itself, like the movies to which the season lends its name as adjective, has got...

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