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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/nebmij1 on 2025-08-08 18:45:21+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that a common complaint among test audiences for Good Night and Good Luck was that the actor playing Joseph McCarthy was too over the top, not realizing the film used actual archival footage of McCarthy himself