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Tommy Red is Dumby and Clarence’s father. He is cheerful and friendly. After the grand final football game, he drinks at the front bar of the pub instead of the back bar with the rest of the indigenous patrons. The white patrons of the pub believe that Tommy is one of the few good residents of the Point, showing how discriminatory communities can hold up one person as a “model minority.” Tommy’s good reputation, however, can’t protect his family from racist violence, as shown by the murder of his son, Dumby.
Tommy Red Quotes in Deadly, Unna?
The Deadly, Unna? quotes below are all either spoken by Tommy Red or refer to Tommy Red. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 22
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‘He’s a character ain’t he, that Tommy Red?’ said the old man, when he’d gone.
‘He sure is,’ said Slogs. ‘Pity there’s not more like him out there.’
‘Hey,’ said Big Mac. ‘Did ya hear the one about the boong and the priest?’
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And they all laughed, all the regulars. Especially Slogsy. But I didn’t. I don’t know why, I’d laughed at the joke before. But tonight it didn’t seem so funny any more. And I knew it had to do with Dumby and Clarence and Tommy.
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Tommy Red Quotes in Deadly, Unna?
The Deadly, Unna? quotes below are all either spoken by Tommy Red or refer to Tommy Red. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 22
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‘He’s a character ain’t he, that Tommy Red?’ said the old man, when he’d gone.
‘He sure is,’ said Slogs. ‘Pity there’s not more like him out there.’
‘Hey,’ said Big Mac. ‘Did ya hear the one about the boong and the priest?’
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And they all laughed, all the regulars. Especially Slogsy. But I didn’t. I don’t know why, I’d laughed at the joke before. But tonight it didn’t seem so funny any more. And I knew it had to do with Dumby and Clarence and Tommy.
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