Last night HBO's star-studded pedigree mini-series Mildred Pierce lit up TV screens across America, not because that many people wanted to see a warmed-over Depression-era rags-to-riches story, but because the culture created some need in us to watch it. Enough already.

Here's a trailer for HBO's upcoming miniseries Mildred Pierce, based on the James M. Cain novel about a woman navigating Great Depression America, trying to keep herself, and her daughters, afloat in society. By becoming a waitress!

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