Original sentence: (Spoofed to great effect in admirer Kevin Smith's 1999 film Dogma, when Jay and Silent Bob reveal that they had saved up for bus fare, came to Shermer, Illinois to create a monopoly on marijuana dealing, only to discover that Shermer is, in fact, a fictional device created by Hughes.In the process Smith, who has acknowledged Hughes as an important influence on his work, manages to pay tribute to a number of 1980s Hughes' films.Non-linear montages, where characters' actions in preparing for an event are spliced together immediately before the event takes place.Set in the fictional Shermer, Illinois, North Shore suburbs of the Chicago metropolitan area
Edited sentence: Set in the fictional Shermer, Illinois, as represented by the North Shore suburbs of the Chicago metropolitan area