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Maybe I’m too insensitive and hard-edged, but I learned early on here in Brooklyn that if I was ever going to make it, I couldn’t be any “softer” than I could help being. Of course, Justin’s from Connecticut, which is why he only mildly complains about a driver cutting in front of him on West Street while I yell out, “You bastid! Doncha know how to drive?!”

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Constructive criticism is a real thing – it’s intended to help you improve.

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Without giving spoilers (because really, this is the kind of movie that’s best knowing nothing about), the ending is the best I’ve seen in a very long time.

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I remember being the most distracted. I wasn’t doing quite as well in school as I had been before, and my concentration was dropping significantly. For the first time in my life, I had to get help outside of school to keep my grades up.

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Doing theatre won’t turn you gay, but you may have several women pining for you if you can sing and dance and aren’t a terrible human

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After going to class from 7 until 3, having private lessons from 3 until 5, and then rehearsals from 6 until midnight, a 9 to 6 where you don’t have a full hour for lunch feels like a cake walk. We’re cool.

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Last night three millionaires crafted a bit of racial theater for the masses. It went over exactly as planned.

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A beef over the management of a rapper ends in death as the sudden appearance of a shark drastically changes the future for detective Claudia Cardinale and Brooklyn real estate. (PG-14)