Thursday 24 December 2009

'CiF' Comment Of The Year...

In a thread about the movie 'Precious' (note: not, by any stretch of the imagination, a feelgood movie), commenter RapidEddie asks:
* Warning - Spoilers Follow *

[Clears throat and adopts best Mrs.-Merton-Talking-To-Debbie-McGee tone]

So tell me The Guardian, what first attracted you to this movie about an obese, illiterate, black teen single mother with a mentally-disabled child, raped by her drug addict father before he goes on to die of AIDS, beaten by her mother and bullied at school, but who then finds inspiration from her lesbian teacher?
*chuckle*

10 comments:

  1. One of the benefits of the Interweb thingy is the occasional manifestation of genius from people who would otherwise never be heard.

    My dear Julia, a good Christmas to you and yours, and to everyone here.

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  2. And before I go off-air for the holiday, if you fancy a sing-song round the piano on Christmas Day, you just have time to learn and print the lyrics to this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TC2xTCb_GU

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  3. Is it too late to put this on my Christmas list?...urgh. Merry Christmas.

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  4. Never mellow, Julia. Merry Christmas.

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  5. Merry et cetera.

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  6. Cheers all! Hope you are having a good one too...:)

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  7. Sounds like one that Peter Simple (of blessed memory) might have made up, however even he many years ago said reality was overtaking his seperate world. Thanks for the chuckle Julia, and a Merry Christmas to all

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