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The Ballad of the Sad Café

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The Ballad of the Sad Café	comment	The Ballad of the Sad Café is a 1951 American novella written by Carson Mc Cullers.In an isolated, slow-moving Southern town, an independent and surly woman known as Miss Amelia takes in a hunchback newcomer who claims to be her Cousin Lymon. Living with her alleged cousin causes Miss Amelia to become more open to her neighbors and she turns her house into a café that becomes the social center of the town. However, Miss Amelia's criminal ex-husband Marvin Macy gets released from prison and comes knocking, seemingly set on getting revenge on her after their disastrous marriage.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The book had a film adaptation in 1991.
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The Ballad of the Sad Café / int_8af7b342	comment	Sibling Yin-Yang: Despite having the same troubled upbringing, the wicked Marvin, who ended up in prison after many crimes, turned out very different from his brother Henry, who's described as saintlike and is an honest worker.
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The Ballad of the Sad Café / int_b95cd640	comment	Huge Schoolgirl: Amelia is 6'2'', which is considered exceedingly tall for a woman, especially in the conservative South that she lives in. It's just another part of why everyone sees her as an oddball.
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The Ballad of the Sad Café / int_c60e9e0c	comment	Bullying the Disabled: Marvin treats the hunchbacked Lymon like crap, calling him "Brokeback" and hitting him for no reason at all. This doesn't stop Lymon from worshiping the ground Marvin walks on.
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The Ballad of the Sad Café / int_c868a42a	comment	Freudian Excuse: Marvin's evil nature is blamed on his parents, who were both neglectful and physically violent towards him and his brother Henry.
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