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Graduate degree, mother who's a doctor and a hot girlfriend ...

posted 10 years ago by kevin-bergin
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... still doesn't insulate you from this addiction.

Would it have been as effective if he had been from the "other side of the tracks"? I doubt it.

"It's the system, Lara. People will be different after the Revolution."

[–] joshua_carpino 9 years ago

very true.

[–] Prismark10 9 years ago

Addiction has no respect for class or status.

It's that man again!!

[–] montrossboc-1 8 years ago

He didn't have an addiction. He had a destruction wish.

Short Cut, Draw Blood

[–] zensixties 8 years ago

If he had been a poor drop out no one would've cared. However remember this is fictional. Yes, it's based on reality, but much of the script was way over the top.

For who would bear the whips and scorns of Hollywood... (;-p)