Buddy Boys Redux

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You know all the stops on the G train.  You are a regular at Pete’s Candy Store.  You know where to find the best Banh Mi in the city.

So, do you know about the dirty 30?  Does the name Abner Louima ring a bell?  What about the Buddy Boys of the 77?  What about Amadou Diallo?  What about the Bushwick riots of ’77?

Yeah, that’s about what I thought.  That’s the world Real New Yorkers know — from back in the day, pre-Disneyfied NYC.  The world explored in Home Front (coming soon, to a bookstore near you).

But if you can’t wait for Home Front, you may want to check out Lucky Guy, a new play about the bad old days of NYC crime, as reported by the tabloid heroes of my youth.  In this case, the protagonist is Mike McAlary (played by Tom Hanks), a brash, swaggering crime reporter who wants to climb the Hamill – Breslin – Daly mountain.  These are the guys I learned from, the guys who reported on the folks others overlooked.

Now, we have a city run by zillionaires who threaten to veto a law that would allow workers to take five sick days a year.  (More on this to come, dear readers.)  Five effin sick days, our Mayor is against.

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Remember this as you uplink L Train hijinks at 3 in the morning, eat your blueberry bagels and wait 20 minutes for your mixologist to herbify your $17 cocktail.

Get a ticket to Lucky Guy.  Buy a copy of Home Front.  Get dirty.  Be a Real New Yorker.

 

 

 

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Martin Kleinman is a New York City-based writer and blogger. His new collection of short fiction, "When Paris Beckons" will be published later this spring. His second collection, "A Shoebox Full of Money", is available at your favorite online bookseller, as is his first -- "Home Front". Visit http://www.martykleinman.com for details.

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