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  • And relatives, lamenting the marginal life and aberrant sexual past of a black-sheep loved one they presume is deceased, sadly wonder what befell him and why.

    D.C. police try to unravel mystery of man found dead in car trunk Paul Duggan 2010

  • Paquin is also given a black-sheep brother played by Elijah Wood, who assays the role as though he expected there to be more bad behavior for him to enact.

    Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: The Romantics Marshall Fine 2010

  • And relatives, lamenting the marginal life and aberrant sexual past of a black-sheep loved one they presume is deceased, sadly wonder what befell him and why.

    The curious case of the corpse in the car trunk Paul Duggan 2010

  • And relatives, lamenting the marginal life and aberrant sexual past of a black-sheep loved one they presume is deceased, sadly wonder what befell him and why.

    D.C. police try to unravel mystery of man found dead in car trunk Paul Duggan 2010

  • Paquin is also given a black-sheep brother played by Elijah Wood, who assays the role as though he expected there to be more bad behavior for him to enact.

    Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: The Romantics Marshall Fine 2010

  • If George W. Dunderhead has succeeded in lowering the bar for any black-sheep trust-fundian screw-up with a powerful papa in politics to have a clear shot at being leader of the free world, then Sarah has certainly out-limboed the former Commander-in-Puppet by shattering the glass basement for both women and humanity alike.

    Warren Holstein: Fox's Barracuda Jumps the Shark Warren Holstein 2010

  • If George W. Dunderhead has succeeded in lowering the bar for any black-sheep trust-fundian screw-up with a powerful papa in politics to have a clear shot at being leader of the free world, then Sarah has certainly out-limboed the former Commander-in-Puppet by shattering the glass basement for both women and humanity alike.

    Warren Holstein: Fox's Barracuda Jumps the Shark 2010

  • If George W. Dunderhead has succeeded in lowering the bar for any black-sheep trust-fundian screw-up with a powerful papa in politics to have a clear shot at being leader of the free world, then Sarah has certainly out-limboed the former Commander-in-Puppet by shattering the glass basement for both women and humanity alike.

    Warren Holstein: Fox's Barracuda Jumps the Shark Warren Holstein 2010

  • If George W. Dunderhead has succeeded in lowering the bar for any black-sheep trust-fundian screw-up with a powerful papa in politics to have a clear shot at being leader of the free world, then Sarah has certainly out-limboed the former Commander-in-Puppet by shattering the glass basement for both women and humanity alike.

    Warren Holstein: Fox's Barracuda Jumps the Shark 2010

  • If George W. Dunderhead has succeeded in lowering the bar for any black-sheep trust-fundian screw-up with a powerful papa in politics to have a clear shot at being leader of the free world, then Sarah has certainly out-limboed the former Commander-in-Puppet by shattering the glass basement for both women and humanity alike.

    Fox's Barracuda Jumps the Shark 2010

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