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Lady Bird was set in Sacramento, not a small town.
by DerekL 4y ago
Lady Bird was set in Sacramento, not a small town.
- coastflow 4y agoI agree that in real life, Sacramento is no small town, and it was inaccurate to describe it as very small and rural. However, I remember the depiction of Sacramento in the movie was intended to stand in contrast with a bigger city (which is why a major conflict is about the protagonist wanting to move away). Reviews by several critics also described that setting as a small town, and I remember reading discussions around the release about how other perspectives of Sacramento could view the place as much larger and diverse. The film’s writer and director Greta Gerwig more precisely described her view in an SF Chronicle article (https://www.sfchronicle.com/movies/article/On-location-How-Lady-Bird-celebrates-12473689.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/movies/article/On-location-How-L...): “It’s not rural, but it is not like a New York or a San Francisco either. It is somewhere in the middle.”