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It stands to reason that the franchise might resonate anew, five years after a deadly global pandemic and with the climate crisis accelerating and images of war and suffering pumped into smartphones regularly.

It stands to reason that, if studio execs are freaked out about the deal, the trade publications that function partially as an arm of Hollywood’s most powerful players would cover the indisputable success of “Sinners” with an apprehensive tone.

It stands to reason that Rodrigo is an Amos fan, as is Taylor Swift.

And since Gaetz has not a scintilla of expertise or experience necessary to run the massive law-enforcement agency, it stands to reason that the only urgently important question facing the nation is whether four Republican senators might dig deep and find it within themselves to say as much.

If we can agree that Disneyland is, unlike a film or a television series, a living environment — a place born of one era but striving to be welcoming to subsequent generations — then it stands to reason that its attractions must change with the times.