The setting--wherever it might be--always seems authentic, not as if it were a Hollywood back lot.
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(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT The) (NN setting)) (PRN (: --) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB wherever)) (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (MD might) (VP (VB be))))) (: --))) (ADVP (RB always)) (VP (VBZ seems) (ADJP (JJ authentic)) (, ,) (SBAR (RB not) (RB as) (IN if) (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBD were) (NP (DT a) (NNP Hollywood) (NN back) (NN lot)))))) (. .)))
They made sure the setting looked very convincing.
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(ROOT (S (NP (PRP They)) (VP (VBD made) (ADJP (JJ sure) (SBAR (S (NP (DT the) (NN setting)) (VP (VBD looked) (ADJP (RB very) (JJ convincing))))))) (. .)))