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Article: Summer surprise: 'Greek Wedding' keeps growing:.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- August 23, 2002
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Byline: Kim Campbell Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
ED: ALL 08/23/2002 -- In a summer of light sabers and web slingers, it may come as a surprise that one of the most talked about movies features not muscle, but mousaka.
What "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" lacks in high-profile stars, it makes up for in characters who can do things like find the Greek origin of any word - even kimono.
Part paean to Greek culture, part romantic comedy, the film opened in a few cities in April and has spread across the US through word of mouth. Last weekend, was the No. 6 film in the US.
"[It's] one of the biggest stories of the summer of ...