Tale of two brothers is very familiar The Boston Globe
''Brotherhood,'' premiering on Showtime this Sunday, bears a striking resemblance to a certain Boston story. You may have heard of it — the one about two brothers from an Irish working-class neighborhood? One a politician, one a mobster? But ''Brotherhood'' creator Blake Masters swears that any resemblance to the Bulger saga is strictly coincidental. Here's a primer of the similarities and, according to Masters, the differences. By Joanna Weiss, Globe Staff

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