An Appreciation for Ben Affleck in “The Way Back”
3 min readJan 8, 2021
On New Year’s Eve, Ben Affleck bestowed a gift to us all on Twitter. Another picture popped up of him struggling to lift a bevy of Dunkin’ drinks and munchkins, reminding us all of the shitty year that was 2020. Affleck’s facial expression was of complete anguish, which brought such ease to the Twitterverse, reminding us that our celebrity brethren aren’t having the best of times either. Much has been made already about Affleck and his array of sad pictures and memes inhabiting the internet; I don’t want to go down that road. But it did make me want to go down a…