The theme of "Life During Wartime" is forgiveness and Mr. Solondz, stealth provocateur, sets up characters who deliberately test the limits of tolerance and charity.

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America, more than any other nation is more of an engineered society (based on principles, ideas, institutions and processes) and less of a culture (a shared response to the limits of geography and the tolerance of neighbors).

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As there are limits to the tolerance of people who had to get on with their everyday lives at the same time as worrying about where to put their rubbish, how to light their street and look after an elderly neighbour, and because there are limits to BBC filming budgets, this experiment lasted just six weeks.

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And he continues to function as a marker of the limits of the entertainment industry's tolerance.

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