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    The King Of Staten Island

    Aug 02, 2020 3 minutes

    1 THE TRAGIC BACK STORY

    Death and grief are undoubtedly odd themes for a comedy. The sustained, lifelong trauma of losing a parent in early childhood does not immediately suggest we’re about to witness the next . But grief can be funny, too. Aged seven, Pete Davidson lost his firefighter father while on duty in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, and while the 9/11 element is removed for the film, his character suffers a similarly traumatic episode. Davidson and director Judd Apatow are clearly keen to shift into

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