| Yet they were also the subject of tracts, sermons, poems, memoirs, illustrations, and not a few Tin Pan Alley tearjerkers. |
| Seems the ensemble members all write and sing as well, resulting in a gripping collection of rags, country ditties and Tex-Mex tearjerkers. |
| Dern, then, is responsible for carrying the emotional weight of some of the most wrenching scenes in the pair of tearjerkers. |
