Showalter, 35, came up with the moniker for the arrested-development archtype because he wanted it to sound universal. But Shlomo Why not It couldn't hurt You know who he is, ... Baxter is the Mensch. He's the Pickle Guy from the film 'Crossing Delancey,' that nice Jewish boy who the girl discovers is not really the one she had in mind.
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