The sharpened-pencils email and 'Hello, New Jersey' are the two lead choices, with sushi, lone-reed, Tiffany/Brittany, and Starbucks lines as alternatives.
The economics of the Shop Around the Corner are questioned, then partly defended by the existence of independent bookstores and the real storefront's earlier life as a cheese shop.
Dave Chappelle's presence in this supporting role is called hard to explain despite his growing 1990s film career.
The panel asks whether the Fox family remains rich after online retail pressure and imagines they would have sold their boats.
DiCaprio versus Damon, the delayed title, Baldwin and Wahlberg’s department, the cranberry-juice scene, Costello’s death, Dropkick Murphys, and contemporary Boston sports links
Winstone and Nicholson’s friction, Nicholson’s Red Sox/Celtics refusal, DiCaprio’s project choice, accent coach Jay Giannone, profanity, and Wahlberg drawing on people who arrested him
Costigan accepting undercover erasure, the impossible statehouse view, the central romance, Madolyn’s inaction, an intentionally forgettable killer, Queenan missing Sullivan, and the literal final rat
Costigan’s willingness to accept the undercover assignment and identity erasure is questioned.
Damon’s character’s impossible statehouse apartment view is questioned.
Whether Costigan and the doctor would get together is questioned and then accepted through a larger reading of Costigan and Damon’s character as opposing ways of living.
the doctor not turning Damon’s character in after Costigan’s death is questioned.
Casting a forgettable actor as Costigan’s killer is debated against using a more famous face that would telegraph his purpose.
Queenan’s failure to suspect Damon’s character despite obvious suspicious behavior is questioned.
The literal rat at the end is criticized as an overly explicit symbol, then partly defended as a closing bow.
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