America Runs on Ben

A handful of stories about our collective obsession with J.

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Affleck is adie-hard Red Sox fan, after all.

But did that really happen?

Which feels like a disproportionate response, right?

So a guy told his boss no.

Have you never felt the rush of refusing to do something outside of your job description?

Have you ever readBartleby, the Scrivener?

(Imagine Affleck saying, I would prefer not to to Fincher.)

I know, I know.

Its hisjobto put his real life aside for the sake of ART.

And he doesfull frontal!

And hes not wrong!

I dont care how stupid anyone thinks it is.I cant help but admire that fortitude.

I want it for myself.

I want it for all of us.

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