Morning Updates: GOP debate highlights (and lowlights)
Good morning, Boston. The GOP debate gave plenty of highlights over its three-hour run, how Black Mass’s actors honed their Boston accents, a Route 1 icon is demolished, and the rest of the news you need to know today.
The Top 10 moments from the three-hour Republican debate: “Donald Trump’s opening statement … Trump says Carly Fiorina has a ‘beautiful face’ … Jeb Bush says his brother kept America ‘safe’ … Ben Carson on defeating terrorism … Bush smoked marijuana … Scott Walker didn’t have a moment.’’ (The Boston Globe)
Fiorina’s slam of Trump’s comments on women got the biggest applause: “Carly Fiorina, who was in the second-tier debate last time the candidates met, was asked to address recent comments from Donald Trump about her looks. ‘Look at that face!’ Trump said in a Sept. 9 Rolling Stone interview. ‘Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president?!’ … [Fiorina responded,] ‘I think women all over this country heard very clearly what Mr. Trump said,’ she answered.’’ (Boston.com)
And now to the important question of the night: “Who Is The BABE Sitting Behind Jake Tapper At The GOP Debate?’’
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(BuzzFeed)
What Black Lives Matter hasn’t emphasized: “The recently-released Campaign Zero, set up by Black Lives Matter activists, presents 10 policy solutions — including better training, body cameras, limits on the use of force, and independent investigations of police killings — to curb the violence. Good on them for proposing solutions, many of which are solid ideas. But it feels like they’re ignoring the obvious: If there were fewer guns on the street, there would be fewer shootings, including by police.’’ (The Boston Globe)
How the dialect coach taught the Black Mass actors to speak Bostonian: “The first thing you do, of course, with Boston is you work on dropping the R’s. They drop their R’s a little differently than New York,’’ dialect coach Howard Samuelsohn said. “It’s really fascinating sometimes when you see actors actually transform into their characters just by doing the dialect right. That’s when it gets to be a lot of fun.’’ (Boston.com)
The New York Times details the ideal 36 hours in Boston: “To be sure, venerable institutions like Symphony Hall, the Museum of Fine Arts and Faneuil Hall still anchor the city’s hold on music, art and history. But in recent years, this little big town has emerged from its brainy, introverted shell to offer a livelier mix of cultural offerings, plus an exploding food scene.’’ (The New York Times)
The Goodbye: Route 1 icon Weylu’s gets the wrecking ball.
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