NYT review of Taylor Swift's "The Life of a Showgirl" use >5 em dashes? ("—")
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Resolves YES if the New York Times' primary review of Taylor Swift's upcoming album ("The LIfe of a Showgirl") uses >5 em dashes (i.e. "—") within the main paragraphs of text in the review (i.e. the title, subheading, image captions, & etc do not count).

For reference, by my count, the NYT review for "The Tortured Poets Department" contains 13 em dashes:

common thread — an invisible string, if you will —

of music — five

that — surprise! —

sing in — ahem — football metaphors

lyrics — chocolate bars, first-name nods to friends, a reference to the pop songwriter Charlie Puth?! — is strangely humanizing.

"however — gauzy backdrops, gently thumping synths, drum machine rhythms that lock Swift into a clipped, chirping staccato —

album’s best — a thunderous collaboration w

strategy or even an aesthetic — it’s a whole way

The review for "Midnights" contains 12:

about Taylor Swift — she is diaristically...

about “Taylor Swift” — the idea...

superstars eventually arrive at — whether to continue ...

soft to hard — bonkers pop on...

and “Evermore” — “Midnights” feels ...

oozy stasis — it’s like the....

spider’s web — but Swift’s vocals...

ersion of herself — it’s funny, wry, ...

apply to her — the emotionally icy...

on “Midnights” — “Midnight Rain,...

“Lavender Haze” — that suggest...

“Taylor Swift” — bring her back....

And the NYT review of "Evermore" only contains 3:

musicians — primarily

toward anger — “I hope she’ll...

next to you” — but determined...

If the NYT does not review "The Life of a Showgirl", this market resolves N/A.

This market may close prior to the album release date.

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LLMs killed the em dash. The Times might actively try to avoid it—at least for now.