与此同时

与此同时Adult b
rothers
Mark and
Colin Pol
lock still l
ive with
their parent
s Frank an
d Mavis Polloc
k in a small
apartment in
the projec
ts of London&a
mp;#39;s ea
st end in what
is a collec
tive depressed
and unhapp
y existence. Th
e three men o
f the household
are all on t
he dole, ea
ch doing l
ittle to f
ind gainful
employment. B
etween the brot
hers, Mark is
the sma
rt aleck,
who calls h
is pare
nts by th
eir given
names to irk
them, and
who hangs out w
ith a bunc
h of hooli
gans as he r
efers to
himself
and his frie
nds, such
as a skinhead
named Coxy.
Although n
ever medicall
y diagnose
d as such,
Colin is see
mingly e
motionall
y slow. Colin
likes to hang
out with
Mark and hi
s friend
s in his wa
nt to be acc
epted, e
specially a
s Mark te
lls him th
at a neighbo
rhood gi
rl named Hay
ley is inte
rested him
. The family
rarely socia
lizes w
ith Mavis&
amp;#39; s
ister and
brother-in-la
w, Barbara
and John, wh
o live a
middle to uppe
r middle clas
s and see
mingly pe
rfect e
xistence in th
e suburbs of
Chigwell. Alt
hough not te
lling t
hem to the
ir face,
John di
slikes his
relations by
marria
ge, beli
eving especial
ly Mark to
be brash
and tr
ashy. A unil
ateral
act by B
arbara l
eads to man
y issue
s within the e
xtended f
amily comi
ng to th
e surface, mo
st specifical
ly the t
rue happin
ess of the mar
riage betwe
en Barbara an
d John, and
what Colin is
truly loo
king for to be
happy in life.
　　Adult b
rothers
Mark and Co
lin Pollock
still live wit
h their parent
s Frank an
d Mavis Pollock
in a s