HBO’s Betty recaptures the charm of its cinematic predecessor, Skate Kitchen
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Crystal Moselle’s 2018 girl-gang drama Skate Kitchen—inspired by a real-life all-female skateboarding collective of the same name—blurred the lines between reality and fiction so effectively that there were moments that felt almost invasive. A large part of that could be attributed to the cast of non-professional…