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Erin Lee Carr and Michelle Bruton: a 27th date that clicked

The documentary filmmaker, whose father was Times media columnist David Carr, says she can't do small talk; it is why Michelle Bruton stood out.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorErin Lee Carr, the filmmaker and daughter of the late Times columnist David Carr, gave every first date thirty minutes.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe twenty-seventh clicked, the New York Times reports.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe says she can't do small talk, and she didn't on the first date with Michelle Bruton. Two hot takes. Vera.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwenty-six rejections, thirty minutes each. That's the only hiring process in America that tells you no on the day.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNOT. Twenty-six people got a performance review and a bill for the drinks.

  6. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThirteen and a half hours of dates. And the twenty-seventh is the only one where somebody didn't check the time.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHOT. The maths holds up.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHank, that's generous. Dale just called a wedding a layover.

  9. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI called it a flight with a happy ending. Read the transcript, Vera.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFinal take, and it's the hottest. Thirty minutes is far too generous. I know within nine, and I'm usually wrong.

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