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A lamppost...
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a sign...
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a straw wrapper,
blowing in the wind.

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But when
that dark cloud appears,

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you realize how fragile
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the balance of life is.
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When Brady first
arrived to the hospital,

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He was unresponsive
to verbal stimuli.

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We performed a CT scan
which demonstrated a large

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subdural hematoma
with mass effect.

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Since the removal
of the subdural,

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he's been in a coma.
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When I first met the Livingstons
it was in the first 24 hours

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of Brady coming in after
his tragic football accident,

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and they were acting
in a fairly typical way.

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We're not the ones that need help.
My son needs help.

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My son's in there.
He can't even feed himself.

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I don't even know
if he's going to be

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a vegetable or not,
for Christ's sake!

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Toby:
But what about Scooby?

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How would this
affect him?

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What meaning
is to be found in this?

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This is definitely better.
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You think so?
You don't think

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that this might not
be a little dry?

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This is not an entertainment
you're making.

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This story about
a kid in the suburbs,

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and the state of
the college admission process,

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has, with this Brady crisis,
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evolved into something
much richer and more provocative.

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Yes, I know. Still, it should be
somewhat entertaining.

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Without this footage, without
this rigorous documentation,

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it would feel
like exploitation.

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No, no, no.
No exploitation, this is serious.

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But don't you find it
a little funny, too,

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at the same time?
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You've got a family tragedy
on your hands.

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Will you tell me what's funny
about that? About a kid in a coma?

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- Nothing, I guess.
- Why are you making this

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if you can't treat your subject
with appropriate gravity?

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Okay, you're right.
You're right.


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