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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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