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‘Southie’ reality shows are anything but the real story

  April 09, 2012

It isn’t hard to see why five production companies are suddenly showing interest in filming reality-TV shows based in South Boston, and it isn’t the beautiful views from Castle Island. Rather, it’s the view from the Joe Moakley Courthouse, where James “Whitey’’ Bulger is going to go on trial, opening up a retro world of colorful mob characters and ethnic loyalties and resentments. Fleshing out these images with real-life characters could make for great TV.

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