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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Juno

I refused to see this movie for a number of reasons, but after reading this piece in The Atlantic I've finally figured out what bothers me about it the most: it's not white middle class America's place to make a comedy out of teen pregnancy because it hasn't destroyed their community the way it has the black and Hispanic communities.

If you think I'm wrong, consider this: the preview shows the movie's title character walking down the hallway about to pop, and everyone is staring at her like it's a super big deal that she's pregnant. At Skyline High School in Dallas, they have a daycare center so that teen mothers don't drop out of school.

1 comment:

Megan said...

Excellent point. Between Knocked Up and Juno, we've got a pretty rosy picture of a shitty situation. Where's Shelby Knox when you need her?