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1. Credit where credit is due: JEN GRAVES contributes a feature story to this week's Stranger that is breathtaking in scope and impressive in its research. Ms. Graves investigates the story behind the film Eden, which was purportedly based on a true story about a sex slavery ring. The rest of the feature is an examination of truth and lies in cinema, a discussion of the representation of sex work, and a commentary on what it means to be an artist. Put simply, it's a masterpiece from Graves, who normally babbles pointlessly in the visual-art section. Why is this story so good, when Graves's daily output is ordinarily so wretched? Is the invisible hand of a strong editor at work behind the scenes, or is Graves so bored by her job as an art critic that she'll eagerly do her best work when given any opportunity to write about literally any other topic?

2. In the film section, MATT LYNCH's review of the third and final Hobbit movie has been divided into three superfluous pieces, apparently to demonstrate how foolish it was for director Peter Jackson to cut The Hobbit into three separate films. Instead, it makes the review impossible to read, all in service of a dumb joke. Did Lynch know when he wrote the review that film editor CHARLES MUDEDE and arts editor SEAN NELSON would hack his work into three pieces? If not, should he have been told? Is it fair for a newspaper to treat its freelance reviewers this way? Why or why not?

3. New restaurant reviewer ANGELA GARBES tries to fill the formidable shoes of the outgoing Bethany Jean Clement by writing a review of a chicken-and-waffle joint run by a minor local celebrity. Garbes also calls the food "unfuckwithable." Is this cuss-filled review of fried food an attempt to demonstrate a break with Clement's austerity? Is Garbes trying to appeal to a more "urban" demographic, or does she simply not know what good food tastes like? Do you think if enough readers write polite letters to Ms. Clement care of her new job at the Seattle Times begging that she return to The Stranger, would she acquiesce to those demands?

4. Speaking of questionable new hires, with Pioneer Square in turmoil and Bertha's future in doubt, new news writer HEIDI GROOVER decides to investigate the questionable future of... marijuana delivery services. Yes, marijuana has been legalized in Washington State for two years now, and The Stranger is still tittering about how it's pulling one over on "the Man." Will Groover ever write about a single issue that Stranger readers care about?