The documentary "Rebel with a Clause," opening Thursday at Digital Gym Cinema, follows Ellen Jovin on a 50-state road trip exploring language, grammar and community.

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Imagine I’ve handed you a very full container of very bad news. We could judge your response using a newer, bleaker binary: Are you resigned to doom, or do you spin up some cope? This wouldn’t be ...