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9 | ''Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together'', is a book published in 2006 and written by two men: Denver Moore, a former sharecropper turned homeless man, and Ron Hall, a wealthy art dealer. The book concerns their reluctant meeting through Ron's wife Deborah, who volunteers at a homeless shelter. In a way, it could be seen playing both WhiteMansBurden and MagicalNegro, [[note]]the film adaptation, unfortunately, plays these tropes very straight[[/note]] but the reality is that it's also about their wildly different backgrounds and they how both learn from each other. |
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11 | A [[TheFilmOfTheBook film adaptation]], directed by Michael Carney and starring Creator/GregKinnear as Ron, Creator/ReneeZellweger as Deborah, and Creator/DjimonHounsou as Denver, was released in 2017 by Creator/{{Paramount}} and Creator/PureFlixEntertainment. |
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14 | !!This book provides examples of: |
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16 | %%* TheAlcatraz: Angola |
17 | %%* CampGay: Mr. Barney Goldberg, full stop! |
18 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Denver can't bring himself to shoot someone who came on the wrong day of work when he commits armed robbery in Shreveport.]] |
19 | * GoodAngelBadAngel: Ron's conflicting beliefs about [[spoiler:Denver going to Colorado with his daughter's possessions, alone.]] |
20 | %%* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Denver when he's in the hellish [[spoiler:Louisiana State Penitentiary]]. |
21 | %%* MissionFromGod: Deborah feels compelled to "save" Denver. |
22 | * NobleBigot: Ron's grandfather treats the African-American workers fairly for his day, though it's still much worse than what the white workers received overall. |
23 | %%* NWordPrivileges: Denver's got 'em. |
24 | %%* PetTheDog: The Man has his moments, and Ron later reflects on them. |
25 | %%* ScaryBlackMan: Denver after years of homelessness and prison. |
26 | %%* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: Mr. Ballantine, whose temperament is ''not'' played for laughs. |
27 | * StackedCharactersPoster: The [[https://images.gowatchit.com/posters/original/p12286333_p_v8_aa.jpg?1490895827 poster]] for the film adaptation has the four main characters stacked upon another. |
28 | %%* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler:Deborah]]. |
29 | %%* WitchDoctor: Denver's Auntie. |
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