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Know Your Bodega
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Jen Carlson
Published Jan 2, 2007
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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The Daily Reel introduces us to "Bodega".
"The first video in a new series about life in the Bronx, “Bodega” is a humorous yet searing commentary about the choices confronting people who live in “the poorest urban county in the country.” Casimir Nozkowski and the creative team of Dallas Penn and Rafi Kam, who most recently collaborated on the video “Ghetto Big Mac”...created the video."
Check it out. It's kind of like The Burg but for the Bronx. And less sitcom-funny. And a bit more depressing. It's also filled with information on things like quarter water and Pork Rinds (no carbs!).
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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