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You know what? I didn't catch the Mission City line (or the line about it not being Hoover Dam), so I just assumed it was a long trek to LA from Vegas, shortened by movie magic.
Personally, I wouldn't have known about Griffith being an LA landmark before I moved to LA if I wasn't a "Rebel Without a Cause" fan. But I am.
Still, many are not, so maybe LA doesn't 'read' as heavily as we locals think it does. Nevertheless, there was one fun progression of shots where I leaned over to Tom and whispered-- "hey, look. We saw 'A Star is Born' there last year.... I ate at that Mountain-Dew-sponsored-cafe once during my old Shakespeare job... Oh, look, that's on the Universal Studios lot where we took the tour... I drive by that Wilshire corner every day!"
Maybe they mean Mission City=LA the way that Gotham=NY. In that fictional-but-you-know-that's-it kind of way.
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