- ?The
- year
- is
- 1999
- and
- Tonya
- Sommers'
- life
- is
- as
- promising
- as
- one
- could
- imagine.
- Graduating
- Valedictorian,
- popular
- among
- the
- students,
- and
- well
- known
- in
- her
- church;
- she
- spends
- Friday
- nights
- caring
- for
- her
- invalid
- grandmother.
- Engaged
- to
- a
- prominent
- real
- estate
- broker
- and
- headed
- for
- a
- top
- University
- with
- legacy
- ties
- to
- one
- of
- the
- larger
- sororities,
- it
- appeared
- that
- she
- had
- nothing
- more
- to
- do
- but
- enjoy
- the
- ride.
- The
- halls
- of
- higher
- education
- will
- many
- times
- take
- the
- form
- of
- a
- moral,
- social
- labyrinth
- and
- Tonya
- finds
- herself
- caught
- in
- an
- emotional,
- spiritual,
- and
- intellectual
- whirlwind
- of
- conflicting
- beliefs,
- voided
- convictions,
- paper
- thin
- assurances,
- and
- the
- disturbed
- realization
- of
- her
- own
- sexuality…Manipulation
- in
- life's
- entirety
- marks
- the
- devious
- archetype
- of
- Glen
- Forrest.
- His
- motivations
- are
- singular
- and
- egocentric
- while
- his
- words
- are
- rehearsed
- and
- inauthentic.
- Once
- you
- understand
- his
- business,
- his
- actions
- won't
- surprise
- you;
- but
- when
- the
- perversions
- of
- a
- middle-aged
- man
- spill
- from
- the
- beach
- bars
- into
- this
- University
- schoolyard
- justice,
- amends,
- and
- redemption
- find
- definition
- without
- the
- help
- of
- a
- courtroom…Jason
- Lancer
- has
- a
- problem
- he
- doesn't
- have
- a
- clue
- how
- to
- fix.
- Instead,
- he
- surrounds
- himself
- with
- the
- simple
- objective
- pleasures
- afforded
- by
- money
- and
- drugs.
- The
- little
- University
- town
- in
- which
- he
- lives
- enables
- his
- delusions
- of
- grandiosity.
- As
- each
- graduating
- class
- departs,
- the
- newest
- students
- always
- bring
- a
- fresh
- set
- of
- opportunities
- with
- them
- that
- Jason's
- refined
- cool
- has
- had
- no
- problem
- exploiting.
- Yet
- when
- he
- is
- introduced
- to
- Tonya
- his
- cool
- gives
- way
- to
- a
- genuine
- yearning,
- and
- he
- finds
- himself
- driven
- beyond
- all
- limits…Waves,
- women
- and
- weed
- are
- Raymond
- Meyers'
- three
- favorite
- things.
- So,
- a
- University
- near
- his
- home
- beach
- with
- a
- five
- to
- one
- girl
- to
- guy
- ratio,
- minutes
- from
- a
- major
- spring
- break
- destination,
- seemed
- to
- him
- a
- no-brainer.
- When
- he
- meets
- Jason,
- he
- settles
- into
- a
- school
- connection
- and
- when
- he
- meets
- Tonya,
- he
- thinks
- he
- falls
- in
- love.
- Love,
- as
- seen
- from
- a
- school
- boy's
- perspective
- can
- be
- devastating
- and
- Raymond
- plays
- the
- role
- precisely…William
- Barrett
- excels
- at
- two
- things:
- He
- knows
- how
- to
- survive
- on
- the
- leftovers
- and
- he
- knows
- his
- drums
- well
- enough
- to
- get
- him
- into
- college
- early,
- on
- a
- full
- ride,
- even
- when
- the
- chair
- of
- the
- department
- will
- swear,
- "He
- is
- only
- fifteen-years-old
- and
- I've
- seen
- his
- middle
- school
- transcript.
- He
- is
- a
- discipline
- problem."Welcome
- to
- Mercy Town
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