Universal Themes Make Small-Town Tale Worthwhile

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Although [Jeff] longs for the fame and adoration Pony receives, he doesn't quite know how to get there, and seeing Pony's success just amplifies his own feelings of failure. Sooze's reaction to Pony throws Jeff over the edge and he heads toward a breakdown. The fact that Pony is a nice guy, playing music and chatting with everyone, only serves to make Jeff angrier, and eventually he loses it. Meanwhile, Erica (Jessica Capshaw), a sassy blonde, who also happens to be Pony's publicist, represents everything the Burnfield slackers hate. She's daddy's-little-girl, has money, and seems to their unrefined eyes like she has it all. But instead of looking down her nose at them, she wants to hang out and be part of the crowd. At one point, she says she came to Burnfield to eat good pizza. It is clear that even perfect Erica longs for something more.

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Universal Themes Make Small-Town Tale Worthwhile

It is set in the anonymous town of Burnfield in a convenience store parking lot. But it could be anywhere, and it wouldn't matter. And that's precisely Eric Bo...

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