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Dog Day Afternoon is the third rail of male love and loneliness—a primal scream from the sweltering streets of a stone broke New York City.
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Jenny Lumet, Vanity Fair, 10 Feb. 2026
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Jenny Lumet, Vanity Fair, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Stone broke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stone%20broke. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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