I hadn t noticed this, but I can make a guess at what it might indicate. The East Coast / New England area has a very high concentration of Catholics, compared to the rest of the country which tends to lean much more toward the various Protestant sects. Some East Coast states are nearly 50% Catholic, while in some areas of the deep South there might be only around 5%!So to a filmmaker, things like cross pendants, saints images, and references to Mary can be ways of creating a sort of movie shorthand that says You re in Catholic country now, folks - with whatever correct or incorrect assumptions that might rouse in the viewer. :)(Yeah, Protestants do wear crosses sometimes, but much less than Catholics, because of differing interpretations of the idea of idolatry .)
theres alot of ridiculous stereotypes about us in boston, but gone baby gone was the affleck brothers who are from here so i dont know
we just like wearing crosses ummmm know its just the movies like alot of east mass. people are christian but really isnt nothing