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Photo via Splash Yesterday's post on the most intriguing sex ideas of the year (at least according to the editors of the Times) inspired us to nominate our first annual Bad Sex Idea of the Year. And the unanimous winner is...(yep, that's one vote from Em and one vote from Lo)...something that starts with an "A" and rhymes with "shmamortion"! Oh wait, no, that'd be Hollywood's choice for bad sex idea of the year. Because without the A-word, there'd be no Knocked Up, no Juno, and no Waitress. But how about this for a terrible idea: having a baby in your 20s with an unemployed, broke, illegally residing, aw-shucks pothead you met on a one-night stand just as your high-powered career in television is taking off. Oh yeah, and you're still living with your sister and her husband when you decide this. And you're not even sure you ever want to see the guy again. Don't get us wrong, we're all for the "choice" part of "pro-choice"--giving up your baby to your favorite childless couple is great (Juno), single parenthood and pie-making is great (Knocked Up, Waitress), having an affair with your married obstetrician because your baby daddy beats you is great (Waitress...okay, scratch this one). But not even seriously considering an abortion before coming to any of these decisions? We just don't buy it. Neither does Katherine Heigl, apparently. Though saying so got her in a bit of hot water for which she is currently backtracking. Kind of. No wonder all three movies were praised by anti-abortion advocates. That said, we loved Knocked Up, which means we now have exactly one thing in common with those anti-abortion advocates. (Waitress was treacly BS which probably got all those rave reviews because of the tragic real-life murder of its director-star, Adrienne Shelly, and Juno is on our must-see list, if only because the screenwriter is a hilarious blogger who recently acknowledged a My So-Called Life shout-out.) But who knows, maybe 2008 will be the year of shmamortion comedy. |
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