there is this whole thing where rich young white people like maria colonise brooklyn history because in these messed up postmodern times, everyone is desperate for something real. and what’s realer than the dodgers and new york judaism and rap music? the problem is that when they say real people, what they mean is people who aren’t burdened with ironic senses of humour, college educations that help them put up an analytical barrier between themselves and the actual world and the pressure of living with the reality that they all grew up middle class, chose a broke ass bohemian life, and now have to deal with the factual they can’t afford the comforts they grew up with.