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I didn't know skinheads from Idaho had NY accents


Trying to watch this, looks pretty bad so far.

Casting a NY Jew like Michael Rapaport as a skindhead from Idaho....HUGE MISTAKE.

He can't act, and he can't even lose the NY accent.

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lmao, thats so true

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that guy acts the same in every movie he's in. lol

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What the hell is wrong with you people? He comes from a neighborhood just east of Jamaica, Queens called "Little Idaho." Really. Get a grip.

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I want the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.

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Isn't that in the same borough as Alabamatown- or is that in the Bronx?




Botany Bay? Bought on Ebay?!! Oh NO!!!

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Alabamatown is in Jersey City. Sheesh. Don't you people know nothing?




I want the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.

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I'm on the West Coast. Give me a break! The most we see of New York City is Hebrewtown on "Seinfeld" and Woody Allen movies. Until last week I thought everyone in New York was Jewish - or an Italian gangster.



Botany Bay? Bought on Ebay?!! Oh NO!!!

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Gabby, come on, you know better than that. It's Hymietown!




I want the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.

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I don't care for the anti-Semitism that makes up much of the rest of this thread but I do agree with the OP. I personally like Michael Rapaport as an actor and I do think he did a great job of capturing this character's frustration, alienation and self-pity, but although he got the character right from an emotional point-of-view I couldn't believe him as a kid from Idaho because his New York accent was simply too distinctive.

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