There's a reason stories like this are threatening.
There's good reason stories like this get told and retold for centuries on end.
More to the point, there is no reason stories like this always need to be portrayed as a "disheartening row over a lease".
"The Misfortunates," a Belgian coming-of-age turned coming-of-reason story about a floundering 13-year-old turned struggling man, initially comes across as aggressively unpleasant as his crude, boozing father and uncles.
His stand-up is a mix of cleverly reasoned stories from on and off-tour, plus musings on pop culture and more.
21 23 24 Bound to this is the context in which the narrative is shared; the specific setting, audience and the reason the story is told.
That this is even a question is one reason the story is, so to speak, radioactive.
The reason the story works is that it's a classic coming-of-age tale.
The reason the story went viral was that New York and the nation were in the midst of a decade of rising — not falling — social concern.
And for that reason the story is on the front page of the Washington Post this morning and prominent all over the airwaves.
When the Bangladeshi man was released, for some reason the story evolved into one about a plot to kidnap the prime minister's son.
