Southies: Difference between revisions
m
clean up
m (revise quote template spacing) |
m (clean up) |
||
Line 9:
In fiction, this mostly [[Oireland|Irish]]-[[The Irish Diaspora|American]] neighborhood and its [[Hollywood New England|still-distinct accent]] continue to be associated with organized crime. Providence, Rhode Island is usually mentioned to suggest scope. It might be the base of a rival syndicate. As a general rule, they're put in opposition in fiction as Providence has a strong Italian-American background, so [[Sarcasm Mode|obviously it's a hotbed for]] [[The Mafia]].
The real Southie is, in actuality, much less dangerous than in years past. Currently, a surprisingly large portion of the population consists of... [[Boring but Practical|Yuppies]]. As with New Englanders in general, Southie folk are really nice
That said, we must ''strongly'' caution readers against wearing ''anything'' with a New York Yankees logo when visiting [[Serious Business|anywhere in the upper-right hand corner]] of the USA. Wearing orange in South Boston, especially on St. Patrick's Day, is [[The Troubles|also not a very smart thing to do]]. (Oh, you're free to wear it... just wear something else over it. Like [[Fan Dumb|body armor]].) Also, if you see a lawn chair in a parking space, ''don't touch it''.
Line 15:
The good folks of [[Boston (useful notes)|Boston]] hope that Hollywood will eventually stop assuming that [[Big Applesauce|fun things can only happen in New York City]], and that someday we will get a movie set in Boston about sunshine and happy music and cute puppies and basically ''anything'' other than the mob, violent crime, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Harvard]], and so on. Expect this to be an increasingly common complaint if economically minded filmmakers follow the trail of ''[[The Women]]'' (2008) and start using "Boston Doubling" for scenes ''set in [[New York City]]''. Ouch.
Incidentally, no two Boston residents will agree exactly where Southie begins and ends. Is the Waterfront part of Southie? How about Dorchester? Is Dorchester "really" part of Boston or is it a suburb? What about the other suburbs? Have we put way too much thought into this? (Note that the actual compass direction "South" hardly factors in.) In fact, many residents feel that "Southie" and "South Boston" are two different areas, with Southie being a tight knit Irish community and South Boston being the yuppie area right next to it.<ref>
Compare [[Hollywood New England]], [[The Irish Mob]] (for the real crooks), [[Brooklyn Rage]], [[Violent Glaswegian]].
| |||