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What is the point of living in L.A. if you’re not in the movie business?
— Bo Catlett · Get Shorty
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The question makes one industry the apparent justification for living in a city. Its sweeping form pushes other possible reasons out of view. The speaker’s priorities shape that judgment, but the excerpt does not establish that everyone in Los Angeles shares his measure of the place’s value.
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