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The War at Home: Families
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The War At Home is a great family comedy that is blunt and to the point. Political correctness gets a beating in this risque and hilarious sitcom that doesn't sugarcoat the truth
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THE WAR AT HOME (R) A relentlessly depressing, stagy drama directed by Emilio Estevez, who plays a shell-shocked Vietnam vet returning home. The material doesn't resonate the way it did when the play debuted in 1984. But the agonized family dynamics are effectively awful. B-
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For families in Mobile, Luverne, Sacramento, Waterbury – and every other town in America – World War II would change their lives dramatically. Women in particular faced new responsibilities and new opportunities as husbands, brothers, and fathers went off to war. Those on the home front ... had to endure months and sometimes years of waiting and worrying for their loved ones overseas to come home safely.
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The War at Home is a sitcom that ran from September 11, 2005 to April 22, 2007 on Fox. It followed the antics of a largely dysfunctional and bitter New York family.
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[T]o revamp the English lesson to better reflect the story's historical context. "So Far from the Bamboo Grove" by Massachusetts author Yoko Kawashima Watkins was challenged by a group of 13 parents who said it was racist against Koreans and too graphic for sixth-graders. The award-winning book is Watkins's story, told through her eyes when she was 11 , of escaping Korea after World War II with her family and the horrors they experienced and witnessed on their way to Japan. Some parents argued that it wrongly ignores the atrocities committed by the Japanese while they occupied Korea.
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