These were not deep relationships, but even so, there was a comforting familiarity in encountering the same faces on a semi-regular basis.įortunately, while those people who played such treasured peripheral roles in our lives have for the moment (a year and counting) gone away, we’ve been able to turn to the people playing treasured peripheral roles in entertainment to pick up the slack. People like your roommate’s high-school friend, the neighbor who took the same subway line, the co-worker you always saw in the kitchen.
Photo-Illustration: by Vulture Photos by Shutterstock, HBO, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, Netflix, Newmarket Films, A24, New Line Cinema, FX, Sony Pictures Releasing, Paramount Pictures, Gramercy Pictures, Sony Pictures Television and Focus FeaturesĪs many have noted, a small but significant loss we’ve all faced during quarantine has been the disappearance of the casual acquaintance.
