I think the "she grows to passionately love a good friend over much time" trope is the dude version of the "a make-over and some new shoes will suddenly make the ignored chick super-desirable" trope. Sure, it's within the realm of possibilities, but it's probably very rare and best examined in fiction, not real life.

Yep. I've been paying Disney and/or Tom Hanks to make me cry for decades now. I think they get some money from my health insurance now (treatment for dry eye).

If only the UN was capable of doing more to protect the schools that are still under attack. Awareness is good and all, but if only the UN was more than a PR machine...

Is there any way she's being tongue-in-cheek?

I think that servicemember (wow, that's a lot of gold braid) wants to kill Elaine May.

There was a post about this just a few days ago on GroupThink, but I can't find it right now, where someone saw a post on facebook about a fat baby needing a baby diet. It was most sad.

In the article mentioned by one of the other commenters on this thread, they speculate that the abortion issue is one of the reasons production on the remake has been held up

But what 18-month-old needs trainers and strict diet planning? That's where my sympathy comes in. Of course, there was no chance of him/her having a normal childhood, anyway, so *sigh*

I know... It was an irrational impulse, but maybe bits of paper would fall inside the compounds?

Princess Flabitha made have a horrified thought. What if this poor child is in any way predisposed to be a little heavy? I mean, it's not like we know what her mother's natural body type (Dukan Diet in the hizzouse) might be. This kid is going to be so scrutinized and criticized and compared to his/her mother, I'm…

No, I think it was seminal for me as well. It was approachable in it's campy-ness, but still touched on socioeconomic/class warfare, as well as abortion and labor rights. I'm not saying it was Oscar-worthy, but it definitely did a lot for initially opening up my mind.

This makes me want to charter a small crop-dusting plane and scatter little notes all over Orange County from the air: "You don't need a passport to request asylum from the US government! [insert address/travel directions to women's shelter]"

And here I thought the plot of Dirty Dancing was dependent on the time period (the past). Silly me.

And here I thought the plot of Dirty Dancing was specifically related to the time period (the past). Silly me.

Could someone please show this clip to the Chilean President? It might help him understand the word "maturity."

This is interesting, especially because the original article from Science Mag states researchers actually did go back and control for economic and demographic variables (Yay!).

I thought I remembered reports of the monkey (or a different monkey) popping up in at least one other location, but happily, I cannot claim exhaustive knowledge of the topic.

Ladies don't wear cosmetics!

He's eventually going to start just wearing hoodies as pants. Mainly because he won't notice the difference anymore.