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Richard Linklater Blasts Fellow Texan Ted Cruz as ‘Evil’ and ‘Calculating’

ELECTION SEASON

The Oscar-nominated director behind Dazed and Confused and the Before Sunrise trilogy is not a fan of the Texas senator and GOP presidential candidate.

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Richard Linklater is about as Texan as they come. The Houston-born filmmaker speaks in a lethargic Southern drawl, peppering his sentences with the occasional y’all, is often seen sporting an embroidered cowboy shirt, and received a Bible and a shotgun for Christmas when he was 13.

But when it comes to...

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