
"What if I told you..." Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus in 'The Matrix,' 1999.
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The Real Thing: Bootlegs, Backlash, and the Borderlands of Authenticity
From fake news to fake sneakers, not everything may be as it seems. Facts are immutable, but with backlash over copying and bootleggers making "knockoffs" with no originals, authenticity—as a matter of style—is up for debate.