As for the other townfolk of Inishfree — from a smutty garage man to a flirtatious restaurant hostess — Thomas embodies them all himself.
A newspaper article and accompanying photograph inspired "A Tragedy in the North," a grim scene of townfolk in the Pas-de-Calais clustered near the brick buildings of a coal pit, their faces a study in blank horror, grief and stoicism.
Nevertheless, "Boomtown" remains unhurried, unflustered, regarding the newly wealthy townfolk with equanimity.
It sometimes takes a lofty view as if trying, after the event, to make sense of Pat's slaughter of so many townfolk, a number that 'might be around the 55, 55 mark', most of them destined to fertilise his garden.
Her arrival comes as a surprise to the townfolk, most of whom still despise her, but especially her mother Mad Molly, played by Judy Davis, who has become a hermit.
"A great film can change your life!" he declares, on a mission to prove to the townfolk that there's more to cinema than blockbusters.
To his townfolk Mr. Majaw is either a hero or a hardhead.
Last week, the All-Star power forward implied in ESPN Magazine that he may end the Northern California fairy tale, where the citified man from Michigan spun the townfolk on his fingertips.
The Joplin recording, however, features Itzhak Perlman and Andre Previn, and there is more here than an image of townfolk in Sedalia, Mo., birthplace of Joplin's ragtime.
