The King of Staten Island, and you can tell that doing so, and acting in it, almost served as therapy. His feelings are just there, in every moment, staring you in the face.
Here's an example. In one of the opening scenes, Scott's friend makes a knock-knock joke about his dad, and Scott laughs sarcastically in response.
You watch the scene and go from laughing along with the guys to feeling little tears behind your eyes because you recognize how hard it must be to joke about the death of your own dad.
I mean, I teared up multiple times during a Judd Apatow movie! That is supposed to be funny! Scott is a fictional character, obviously, but he's also clearly not.
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