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A rat hole full of cleft lips?

Posted by Wesley Morris October 29, 2007 02:19 PM

Perhaps you already caught Patrick Radden Keefe's worried observation on Slate last week that Ben Affleck might have lain on the grit a tad thick in "Gone Baby Gone." If not, here it is. His essay encapsulates the concern quite a few dismayed folks - some of whom have lived in Dorchester their whole lives - have about why the movies insist the city be turned into an overwrought freak show. "Fever Pitch" doesn't count. That was practically a documentary.

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