You don’t know John Mulaney—probably. But as a stand-up, John Mulaney’s job, or at least part of it, is to make you feel like you do know him. He was an anthropomorphized “mah wiiiiiife.” And for those Mulaney fans, the last nine months have felt like an emotional whirlwind: Mulaney’s rehab stint. That’s a parasocial relationship, a psychological term that …
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