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Arriving Thursday on Netflix, the film version — not the miniseries some hoped for — offers a more or less straight plow through the book, though streamlined, simplified and softened.

To give it a more streamlined look, they removed the corrugated sheet metal roof and added 2-by-8 foot wood members across the beams, painting both the wood and steel black.

A symbolic change came over winter break when Habermehl trimmed his long, flowing locks, leading to a much more streamlined look.

And Mayor Karen Bass’ Executive Order 1 streamlined the approval of affordable projects.

“We had a very different group sound, and we had streamlined ourselves into not a rock and soul band but into a tight little five-piece streamlined rock ‘n’ roll band.”