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‘All This Panic’ Is an Impressionistic Depiction of Growing Up in New York City

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Christopher Campbell
Apr 20, 2016
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Ginger, in her own words, is “petrified of getting old.” She may only be in high school, but that hardly matters to her. If she were a character in a narrative film, the line might very well inspire some cynicism, particularly from critics exhausted by the well-established trope of New York City teenagers talking like world-weary adults. Blame Woody All…

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