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It's easy to disparage auto politics as the parochialism of a post-ideological era.
But where Daley often drew on the worst side of ethnic Chicago--its tolerance of corruption, its parochialism and racial prejudice--Royko spoke to its better instincts.
Hit and Run is further undercut by parochialism, especially evident in its constant use of Hollywood jargon.
The show makes an interesting contrast with that other Puccini retread, Miss Saigon . The latter, a British musical, relocates Madame Butterfly to the most controversial conflict of our time, paints its story on a big, sweeping canvas and has gone on to play around the world; the other brings La Bohème home to Greenwich Village, and thus further reinforces the parochialism of the New York musical, as it shrivels away to its core audience.
Received English is an essential part of the cultural baggage of the Cornishman or the Highlander who refuses to be confined to some sort of parochialism for life.