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Video: Sh*t People FROM Brooklyn Say
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John Del Signore
Published Feb 14, 2012
Modified Feb 14, 2012
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Okay, just one more and THAT'S IT. Actor and filmmaker Edward Heegan got some of his Brooklyn pals to basically be themselves for the camera, with humorous results. Mosta deez guys grew up in the Park Slope/Windsor Terrace area (some of the video is shot outside of the classic cop/fireman bar Farrell's) but there are people in it from Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Sunset Park and Kensington. It should probably be called "Shit Italian-Americans Say," but it feels a bit more authentic than "Shit Native New Yorkers Say":
"Fuckin' hipsters," amiright? "A 30-year-old man riding a skateboard? That's a hipster. If you see someone in a bar reading a book, they're a hipster." You know, it's exactly this kind of attitude that made our #3 ranking in our 100 Reasons Why Brooklyn Lives Up To The Hype.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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