Mark, good point. There's not much Boston about The Departed outside of it being filmed in town and the bad Boston accents (especially Alec Baldwin's!)
Sonny, you know, it's actually not that unusual to see reviews where the reviewer didn't read the book first--this guy was just one of the first to admit it. Usually you can tell when this is done since these reviews sound like they're written from the jacket copy.
--Dave
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Mark Sullivan <DJ-Anonyme@...> wrote:
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> The thing I love about the blog is how he says The Departed offers a more accurate version of the Bulger story. The Departed is a pretty straight adaptation of a Hong Kong movie, Infernal Affairs (with part of Infernal Affairs 2), not a "based on a true story" version of a Boston gangster.
> Mark
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> > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> > From: Dave.Zeltserman@...
> > Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 15:52:44 +0000
> > Subject: RARA-AVIS: In New York again
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> > Paul Tremblay and I are going to be in NY Tuesday night at the Mysterious Bookshop from 6:30-8:00, with Paul reading from No Sleep Till Wonderland (terrific book--I read an advanced copy, and I think I commented here already about it) while I'll be reading from Pariah, maybe a bit from Killer. If people can show up, it will be great to meet you.
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> > Also, I stumbled on this the other day, thought it was kind of funny--a blogger in South Boston commenting/critiquing on Pariah not from reading it but from thoughts about what it might be about after reading a Boston Globe review for it.
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> > http://sugarshacksouthie.com/?p=6
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> > --Dave
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