Sunday, March 9, 2008
Juno.
Upon navigating the blogs of our class, I have seen multiple negative blogs about the movie Juno, so I'd like to respond to them here. I don't believe this movie condones teen pregnancy. I don't believe that the movie encourages anything but compassion in fact. The movie is a social commentary about how we, as a people, deal with social issues. Like Sal was saying in class about addictions, people tend to simply exclude/look down upon those with problems instead of helping them. There is a well-deserved stigma attached to teen pregnancy - that I do believe - because many girls are not prepared or can't provide or just don't want a baby. Though there are some, I'm sure, that turn out to be wonderful mothers. That is not my point. My point is that Juno shows parents acting with true compassion and love towards their child. They hold off on their anger as much as possible while still relaying their shock and disappointment with well chosen phrases, then they help her in every way they can. They do not make her suffer for her mistake over and over. Isn't this the appropriate way to deal with a situation like this?
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I haven't seen Juno, but I've been meaning to. I've heard alot about it, specifically on that topic. As someone who has seen people pregnant barely older then me, and other when they're not ready for it, I have to agree with your compassiong statement.
And while it certainly helps to be older with a financial base, it doesn't make you a better parent. You see a ton of rich kids with 'good parents' turn out bad, as drug addicts on the street, because their parents never showed love to them, or whatever. And you see kids born in to poverty with a young single mom...Come out as millionaires.
And then there's the age old argument against media. Showing violence on TV, or in videogames makes them more likely to be violent. If you go out and kill someone because you saw Spock do it, I think the blame isn't on Star Trek. It's a mental issues. Same thing goes for Juno. If anything, it sounds like Juno shows the struggles of teen pregnancy.
And thank you for your comment on my blog. I feel the need to go look up the dolphin/whale suicide.
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