Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!agate!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!RUTGERS.EDU From: cmcl2!dasys1!rpb@RUTGERS.EDU (Robert Brady) Newsgroups: soc.feminism Subject: Re: PARENTHOOD (movie as political statement) Message-ID: <14799@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Date: 30 Sep 89 02:43:36 GMT Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Organization: Datamerica Systems, NYC Lines: 15 Approved: ambar@bloom-beacon.mit.edu In-Reply-To: <13732@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Although I do find morals in movies such as 'Dirty Dancing' (which purposefully had none, or rather, the absence of one) or music videos ('Do I have to walk on water?' No, just don't cheat!) your description if 'Parenthood' leaves me thinking it just a silly mess. As you say "all the guys are either jerks or ... jerks." This is not anti-women. This is anti- human. If they're making fun of everyone, how can you expect them to ignore women? -- +---------------------+------------------------------------------------------+ | Robert Brady | rpb@dasys1.UUCP | | Logic. | !cmcl2!{ccnysci,cucard,hombre}!dasys1!rpb | |"An elective despotism was not the government we fought for..." T.Jefferson |