“A low-budget labor of love for producer/star Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter follows The Town and Conviction in this year’s Massachusetts Lampoon Show, in which glamorous movie stars drop their R’s and wear tacky clothes to convey ‘authenticity.’ Blue-collar Bostonian has replaced redneck as Hollywood’s white-trash signifier of choice.” – The Improper Bostonian, 12/15/2010