Most of that stuff is just irreverent, except the black jesus thing. It's not as if jesus was white. He probably looked more like Sayid from Lost.

Chicago and Cincinnati are super dissimilar, even though they're both nominally "midwestern" towns. Deep dish or stuffed pizza (or what have you) is not only not pizza, it's not even really Chicago pizza. Real Chicago pizza has a thin(ish) cracker crust and emerged from tavern owners who would sell (and later…

Why in the fuck would Gloria have a cousin in Juarez? That makes zero fucking sense.

Is that a veiled Michael Hutchence reference? If so, damn. Nicely done.

The other kids in his group have arguably better family lives. I grew up with a few kids like Bill who were raised by single moms. They're constantly having to hang out at friends houses, because that's were all the cool shit is, and they're often alone at home, becuase their mom probably works evenings.