An onscreen embodiment of American exceptionalism died last week. From revolutionizing the film industry to shining a light on environmental issues, Robert Redford was a monumental force for the arts and the environment and that rarest of public figures: Someone who connected across a polarized culture, from the current president to its most outspoken liberal activists.

When President Donald Trump got the news, he remarked “Robert Redford was great, he had a series of years where there was nobody better. He made seven or eight great movies, there was a period of time where he was the hottest.”

That’s pretty accurate, if surprising coming from the president. In 2017 Redford fought the Trump administration plan to build a coal mine near Bryce Canyon National Park in Redford’s adopte

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