Word: loserness
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...invalid mother; a factory worker who loses his arm in an industrial accident, then loses his job, his girlfriend and his pet monkey; and a bankrupt businessman who seeks solace through intimate relations with a dog. And what about that moon-faced young man who appears as the central loser in many of these cartoons? "You could say I projected my anger about the discrimination and inequality rampant in our society through him," said Tatsumi (who is now 71 and still going strong) in a 2006 interview included in the book. An example of early manga as nihilist social commentary...
...families have pitched a cluster of igloo tents, and it looks as if they will be staying for a while. They've connected a refrigerator and a TV set to the electricity main, and, says an infantry reservist, they will camp out in Olmert's rose garden until "this loser, the Prime Minister, goes home...
...Israel nobody likes a loser. And however much Olmert's media advisers try to spin it, Israel's war in Lebanon was bungled: the Israelis failed to destroy Hizballah's leadership or even halt its barrage of rockets, and 159 Israelis died in the conflict. As a result, the presence of the reservists on Olmert's doorstep is more than an eyesore. Protests by army reservists--practically every Israeli home has one--tend to gather momentum. And this movement is being joined by families of soldiers killed in the brawl with Hizballah. All that has sent Olmert's political stock...
...Rocky with shoulder pads - almost shamelessly so. The story line is similar: A working-class loser (in this case a part-time bartender and substitute school teacher) takes a shot at athletic glory and, after overcoming long odds and heavy obstacles, achieves success in his chosen sport. Perhaps more to the point, the setting is exactly the same: We are once again in Philadelphia and the grimy streets - or are they, perhaps, the stations of the cross? - through which Vince Papale runs every day in order to condition himself, bear an inescapable resemblance to the ones Rocky Balboa chugged through...
...Dwayne begin to open up. Their own dreams have been crushed, but with Olive's unadulterated hopes as their catalyst, they are able to put their suffering in perspective and learn to feel again. In a particularly perfect scene, Frank explains to Dwayne that Proust was a "total loser" who eventually realized that the times that he suffered were the best times, since they were the times that made him who he was. Dwayne listens intently and concludes that in life you have to "do what you love, and f--- the rest". If there really is one lesson...