Catch That Kid

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Scott Brown
Scott Brown

Scott Brown writes the Hit List for EW and is a frequent contributor to National Public Radio -- he has the tote bag to prove it

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Published on February 20, 2004 05:00AM EST

”Empowering” its target preteen audience with unseemly antihero desperation (Daddy needs an expensive operation — thus, larceny), Kid shoots for tween edginess and achieves adult ugliness.

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