Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Choice

The only major political issue that Juno and Knocked Up bring up is the fact that super liberal Hollywood doesn't make movies or teevee shows which feature characters who have abortions despite the fact that in reality, lots of women have abortions.

But otherwise both movies feature women who, upon getting pregnant, have autonomy over their bodies, and no one in either film suggests otherwise. The fact that they make the "choice" which makes abortion foes happy doesn't change the fact that the women were in control of that decision, not the state or the men in the lives.

mini-reviews: I liked Juno quite a bit. Didn't like Knocked Up.