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"Knocked Up" Gives Us No Love

I've been eagerly following the buzz leading up to the premiere of "Knocked Up" -- the parenting movie of the summer (because that description puts people in the seats!). I've scoured reviews and focused intently on all the ads. But still ... nothing.

Strollerderby has been dissed. All I wanted was a simple mention as the movie approached -- something small, something like, "excellent!" or "perfection!" or "don't miss it!" Instead ... silence. They couldn't squeeze us into one ad? Oh well, I'm still going to watch it. Here's why:


Comments

 

crunchy said:

I do really want to see that movie

May 29, 2007 2:39 PM
 

Sherry said:

I think the message  in "knocked up" is worse than smoking or violence in movies. Really. I mean, a woman gets with the least compatible guy who she doesn't love. Oh, and she gets to be the Mommy in the relationship. let me tell you, that gets old. But the guys and the kiddies enshrine that sort of womanhood.

It's a trade up for him, but could you imagine a movie with a chubby, stubbly young woman who is funny and has funny banter about movies and Orlando Bloom, and he gives up his ambition to be with her? There's a reason why guys wouldn't go to that movie about being chubby girl's baby daddy.  It would be a sad movie to them to give up the dream to meeting their ultimate woman.

But it's okay for a woman to sacrifice herself and her dreams of love, because after all, a woman's place is in the home to be the mommy to an amusing man-child. At least in her starter marriage.

Several years with diapers and comic strip man-child and it ain't a happy date movie no more.h

May 31, 2007 11:24 PM
 

Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) said:

Wow! Is it out already? You make a good point, a great point, in the second graph -- but have you seen it yet?

May 31, 2007 11:34 PM

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