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.