Even Justin Chang, Whose Hostility to “The Holdovers” Indicated A Testy Attitude Toward White Folk, Wept During “Hamnet”’s Finale

The headline for Chang’s review in the New Yorker print edition (dated 12.1.25) is “To Die, To Weep”, which sounds fitting if lacking in terms of the usual urban edge and smart-assery. And yet, oddly, the online edition’s headline defaults to the commonly used “grief porn” dismissal.