Comments on: Contributing to Global Warming Because Hold ‘em Couldn’t Offset Watching Juno

By: Richard @ victorian inn bed and breakfast

Richard @ victorian inn bed and breakfast — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:00:32 +0000

Now that I’ve seen the movie, I can safely agree: Juno is a film about hot-button subjects (abortion, teen pregnancy, adoption, etc.)
The real flashpoint issue in the film, of course, could have been abortion. Here Cody’s politics (presumably pro-choice) are at odds with her plot needs (a birth) and, who knows, maybe commercial dictates, too, if studios worry about antagonizing the evangelical audience. It’s a tension the screenplay finesses deftly, undercutting both pro-life and pro-choice purism. Pregnant Juno at first reflexively embraces abortion as the obvious option, and her best friend is at the ready with phone numbers; she’s helped other classmates through this. But just when pro-lifers might be about to denounce this display of secular humanist decadence, Juno stomps out of the clinic, unable to go through with it.

Regards,

By: goinglikesixty

goinglikesixty — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:12:17 +0000

@Redneck Diva: I thought your new leaf was to stop hanging out here! I’m glad you’re back and unemployed so you can blog/comment more.

Cigars and Wine? OMG – you will be Whine and Sheese Neck!

By: Redneck Diva

Redneck Diva — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:26:49 +0000

Oh and by the way, Juno rawked. Honest to blog. Redneck Diva's last blog post..Blogaversary Question - The Final Photoblog

By: Redneck Diva

Redneck Diva — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:25:56 +0000

Thanks for asking! I went to Incredible Pizza! It was incredible.

And just a few days before that I was outside on a rather windy night and watched my new stepsister smoke a cigar and drink wine while in my new aunt’s pool. It was something I’d never done before. I’m all about change these days.

Redneck Diva’s last blog post..Blogaversary Question – The Final Photoblog

By: goinglikesixty

goinglikesixty — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:22:51 +0000

@Glenn Palmer: can’t argue with that, but heavy drama will do the same for a character. I loved No Country for Old Men because the a lot of the Villan’s pure evil seemed to come from within.