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...Brown eschews any sort of narration or insight into what the characters are thinking. Instead, Brown lets the humor and pathos speak for itself and allows us to more easily project ourselves onto the characters. This way, even though the story is deeply personal, it becomes completely compelling. Funny, sad, and a little embarrassing, Jeff Brown's "Unlikely," delivers the look at real life that other forms of "reality" entertainment falsely promise...
...Working at Celeris is like being a fireman. I sit and wait for the work,” he said. “There’s a core group of students who come to support this store, and it’s pretty sad for them. But I guess there wasn’t enough pull from the three houses...
They’ve approached Dartboard’s desk many a time, equipped with flashlights and slick uniforms. At the first hint of menacing footsteps, Dartboard frantically scrambles her wrappers together, chucking soda bottles and sandwiches under her chair. But on those sad occasions when Dartboard is caught off guard, a somber patroller pulls out the dreaded paper copy of the library’s food and drink policy, sternly pointing to the illicit goods. They assume, optimistically, that after Dartboard reads those sacred words, she’ll remember to respect the library’s laws...
...understand their history because it happened overseas, and the same may be coming true for the U.S. also. The notion of liberation is an integral part of America's own image of its mission in Iraq, but the reality experienced by the Iraqis is a classic occupation. The sad fact is that colonialism and the occupation of foreign countries typically produce a disconnect between the self-image of the occupier, and the way he's seen by the natives. Life in the occupied country has little relation to occupying nation. And when resistance occurs - sometimes in the form of massacres...
Still, Margus sounds distinctly sad. Sure, he has raised a lot of money and even made a savvy career switch that puts him in regular contact with executives from five of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies. Yet, in his mind, "so far we haven't done squat." His kids, now 13 and 15, are deteriorating daily. This summer he hopes to move his family from Florida to California, where he spends most of his time, but first he will need to retrofit a house "for two teenagers in power wheelchairs who can't control their motor skills very well...