Word: bostonianism
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This documentary follows the rise and fall of Troy Duffy, a Bostonian bartender who makes an astonishing, life-changing deal with Miramax Films. Miramax is so impressed with Troy’s screenplay, The Boondock Saints, that they offer Troy the chance to direct the film with a huge budget and create its soundtrack using music performed by his band. Sitting on top of the world, Troy manages to commit blunder after blunder, mishandling negotiations and alienating his supporters. He eventually loses his deal with Miramax and becomes a pariah in Hollywood. The movie’s biggest strength...
This documentary follows the rise and fall of Troy Duffy, a Bostonian bartender who makes an astonishing, life-changing deal with Miramax films. Miramax is so impressed with Troy’s screenplay, The Boondock Saints, that it offers Troy the chance to direct the film with a huge budget and create its soundtrack using music performed by his band. Sitting on top of the world, Troy manages to commit blunder after blunder, mishandling negotiations and alienating his supporters. He eventually loses his deal with Miramax and becomes a pariah in Hollywood...
...idea that Wareham isn’t a Bostonian anymore was emphasized when the band dove into “Going Home,” in which “home” is New York. As much as we would like to claim him, no one place can really call him its own: Wareham is a native New Zealander who moved to Australia and then to the Big Apple before coming to school here...
...native city. Until that point, I hadn’t felt a full part of the Brookline or Boston communities. Though I had immersed myself in its athletic teams, student government, local hospitals and other college application-building exploits, I wasn’t a real Bostonian among my new friends till I jumped on the Beantown sports bandwagon...
...surpassing American oddity that a proper Bostonian who seems so profoundly uncomfortable with the rude ceremonies of the public square can transform himself into a sleek political warrior, eager for the havoc of pitched battle. But I wonder how many of these visits to the phone booth are matters of desperation and how many are matters of strategy...