This has been the backdrop, the sad reality of Northern Ireland, over quite a period of time.
The McKinley story is just out-and-out sad, especially considering the backdrop of tragedy surrounding the Broncos, writes Don Banks on SI.com.
The beauty patch works miracles and the women in the video are filled with confidence to a backdrop of sad classical music.
The sad trompe-l'oeil backdrop, with its flimsy illusion of prosperity, is thoroughly undermined by the random wooden board that encroaches at left.
So, she's bravely sat herself in front of a plain backdrop while sad piano music plays in order to remind you of the gravity of this situation.
In "The Saddest Song," a hushed backdrop accompanies her as she croons "I need you" and pauses for an endless moment before leaping up to continue, "not".
Finally, the last film for today is Alisi's film about sexual abuse that we shoot in a poorer part of the city, using a makeshift home as the backdrop for the sad story she is telling.
Think about it: if they heard the same lyrics against the backdrop of a very sad and lilting piano, maybe with some tear-jerking strings thrown in for good measure, would they take issue?
Instead, Choe juxtaposes this sad, trotting cowboy figure against the grimy backdrop of poverty, the projects, and the once-thriving Coney Island.
