Crime and Punishment in Suburbia: This is a contemporary fable loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevskys Crime and Punishment. Roseanne is outwardly a perfect and popular teen. However, her image is hiding the abuse at her stepfathers hands, and she decides to take revenge. The events that follow are a mix of dark humor and an exploration of modern morality as Roseanne faces not only a fellow suburbanite who knows, but her own conscience as well.