Word: sisterly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...SISTER (Megan Follows) who narrates the film from the present, set for some unexplained reason...
...sister and the kid have a relationship. The sister is jealous of the attention her brother gets from their parents, ("You always take his side because he's crippled. Well it's not my fault he's crippled!"). And the kid feels terrible when a joke he plays on his sister makes her ruin her new pantyhose...
Sears is especially funny as the Bumiller siblings, a trio of screwed up adolescents whose main problem is boredom; there's Stanley, the reform school dropout, Jody, patron of the stray-puppy population, and their overweight sister Charlene, who's life is ruined because she'll never make cheerleader. The two-man show offers up some great lines, like when Mrs. Bumiller tries to offer the usual motherly consolation "wait until next year" to her depressed daughter, and Charlene points out that she's already a senior. The duo earned their three ovations opening night with their flawless...
...entering the Bow and Arrow opened her wallet to the bouncer to show a University of Connecticut photo ID--complete with birthdate--next to a current Harvard ID. At the Cask and Flagon, a woman presented an ID with a 1966 birthday, realized her mistake, and quickly showed her sister's ID with the proper...
...Soviet Union, went to court in the U.S., arguing that their parental rights had been violated. Various judges ruled various ways. Meanwhile, Walter did his part and kept on growing. Last week he turned 18, and the young man, who has been living in Chicago with his older sister, is now legally free from his parents' efforts to have him returned to his homeland. If anything, the Steinmetz High School senior has become even more adamant about remaining in his adopted country. He plans to seek citizenship and will register shortly for the draft. "I'm an American," he told...