Without joy, Marty's abuse follows him wherever he goes. Throughout the intro sequence, it's shown without dialogue that Brad is haunted by his past trauma.It creates a vicious cycle of people who are abused as kids growing up to (wittingly or not) subject their own kids to similar treatment. Kids are impressionable and seeing that kind of behavior from a parent is deeply upsetting to them. Brad was deeply affected by seeing his dad's alcoholism, and now Buddy is seeing the same thing happen with Brad doing hard drugs right in front of her. Perhaps the saddest, realest scene of all is when Buddy is quietly watching Brad while he's unconscious on the floor surrounded by pills and beer bottles. As much as he wants to provide her with the love and intimacy he himself never received, his vices make him an irresponsible guardian at best. It's clear that he desperately wants to get clean so he can be a good father to Buddy, but the sheer mental anguish he lives with is too much for him to handle sober. It's doubly sad when we see that Brad as an adult is fighting a losing battle with addiction because of all the troubles he's seen.Even as a young child, Brad had to deal with an unimaginable amount of stress and hardship, up to and including (as we discover in The Joyful) being forced to have sex with Lisa or watch Marty rape her. ![]() Brad lives in a cluttered, garbage-filled house while enduring horrible violence from neighborhood bullies and his surly, hard-drinking father.
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