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Previously titled Clubland, the family dysfunction drama Introducing The Dwights brings into bittersweet focus one of the major psychological contradictions and related struggles of contemporary parenthood. Namely, the mandated sacrificial self-effacement of a parent's more offbeat emotions and yearnings for the sake of presenting a crucial wholesome role model for kids.
Aussie failed wannabe standup comic Jean Dwight (Brenda Blethyn) is stuck in just such a depressing rut. With two young adult children, one of them handicapped with palsy from birth, Jean is a displaced Brit and divorced alcoholic who toils miserably by day as a cafteria worker. Though her persistence never lets up, she's beginning to feel tremendous strain from her endless audition failures.
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