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Let's Laugh: Or should we?
Let's Laugh: Or should we?
By: Caroline Reid
Topics: Let's Laugh, Humor, family, Juno, movies
Posted by caroline Mon Apr 7, 2008 11:09:22 PDT
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As one experiences more in life (i.e. gets old) you either just stop living or you try to “fix things” that seem out of whack in the big scheme of things. I’m afraid I am a “wannabe” fixer.
I went to see the movie “Juno” the other day. The actress who played the lead (Juno, who had a little sister named Liberty Bell) was nominated for an Academy Award. I like good acting and I like a good story. In one review, it was advertised as a “light-hearted look at teenage pregnancy.”
That’s one of the reasons I went to the movie. I wanted to see how teenage pregnancy could be interpreted as “lighthearted.” As Juno advanced in her pregnancy she became introspective. Her teenage boyfriend, however, continued to participate in school activities. I will credit the teenage father with being totally amazed when Juno introduced him to the baby’s heartbeat. That scene was a show stopper.
Juno, with supportive parents, endured the pregnancy and decided to let a worthy set of parents adopt her baby. Seems that along the way, this worthy couple had marital problems, the prospective adoptive father became “in lust” with Juno and decided to leave his wife. Juno is shocked by this turn of events but finally decides that the worthy mother can still adopt her baby and she finds a way to tell the “worthy father” that she certainly is not interested in him. In fact she said to him, “You’re OLD!” He was probably about 35.
In the end, the important character (the baby) has a nice home with a loving, single mother, the teenage couple seem to still like each other and perhaps will be dating again - that depends on how you interpret the end of the movie.
I was not entertained by this movie. Is it lighthearted to see a young girl buy her third pregnancy test strip and hear the pharmacist say, “If it’s still positive, I think you might be ‘prego’ sweetheart.” Is it lighthearted and entertaining to see a 16-year-old child waddling around 8 ½ months pregnant? Do we feel all warm and fuzzy watching a 16 year old give birth?
Academy Award performance or not, there must better vehicles for “Juno” to display her many acting skills. You might not be laughing at this column! I guess it’s not really that funny. Or is it and am I way out of touch?
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Tue Mar 11, 2008 22:59:35 PDT
Caroline, I should have gotten back to you sooner. Excellent review of the movie. Thank you for your take. It's nice to hear what people, other than the people in Hollywood and the teenagers, think of the movie.
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