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The awkward, inspiring, completely out-there inside story of ‘Napoleon Dynamite’
To the uninitiated, it must have seemed like the youth of America had been struck by a strange and wholesome affliction. In the summer of 2004, “dang!” and “gosh!” and “freaking idiot!” could be heard in malls across the country. Perms and glasses were …