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Denise Di Novi, producer of the upcoming New World comedy of small-town manners, “Meet the Applegates,” on the culture shock of transporting a Hollywood production to Appleton, Wis.: “The town’s so pretty and unspoiled, the air is so clean, and the people are really relaxed, happy and friendly. . . . It’s really strange (and) unsettling. It’s like we’re on another planet.”