For example, I once saw a man throw his hat down in anger. He didn’t stomp on it which was kind of a let down.

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    Not a movie, but there was a period of time when my parents’ house had them living upstairs, my older brother, his wife, and their young son living in the converted basement, and me temporarily staying in a guest bedroom after I had just gotten out of the Army. And we all worked at the family pizza restaurant together.

    It was the perfect TGIF sitcom scenario.

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      Also, true story, shortly after I moved out one of my younger brother’s friends moved into the guest room because of drama at home and our family gave him enough structure to straighten up and complete high school. It is exactly what would happen after my character got written out of the sitcom in season 4 and a beloved guest character got promoted to the regular cast…

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        At least he didn’t have to play your character while everyone acts like nothing is different.