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Julia Roberts returns to TV in Watergate-era series ‘Gaslit’ HEALTH

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terested in "the idea that
we can dig into something
that's a part of American
history and show people
things that they didn't know
at all, or that they thought
they knew but maybe they
were wrong."
She feels protective of
Mitchell's legacy and
hopes viewers see beyond facebook.com/arubatoday/