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WHAT LIES BENEATH “MINNESOTA NICE?”
you know it when you see it. It’s a smile that SEEMS OFF. It’s a laugh that sounds ANXIOUS. midwestern-nice is synonymous with repression. Which begs the question, what really lurks beneath all of that unflappable pleasantness? IS THERE DARKNESS?
This is the story of “The Minnesota Standoff”
WARNING: RATED MATURE FOR STRONG LANGUAGE AND THEMES OF MIDWEST REPRESSION.
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