You are automatically unhealthy by being a bit overweight. That is what the word means.

I’m a bit overweight. I’m a bit unhealthy.

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(Not even his best quote. That distinction might go to “Ingrid, it’s only a movie”)

The Crime of Padre Amaro is a daring film about abortion. Just Another Girl on the IRT is a daring film about abortion. Jim Mckay’s Our Song is a daring film about abortion. I recently saw a wonderful Brazilian short, Doll and Silence, on the subject.

But no, Obvious Child is the first “real” one.

What scares me is…

No. It doesn’t.

Personally, I hate the presumptuousness of Obvious Child. A superhot actress plus vocal fry does not equal honesty. I’m uncomfortable with the producer explaining that the film isn’t an “abortion film” but rather a romcom where things happen, one of them being an abortion.

That’s a cop-out. That’s not…

Hitchcock put it best. “Some directors make slices of life. I make slices of cake.”