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From: paulb@hcrvax.UUCP (Paul Bonneau)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: In defense of "Terms of Endearment" and "Garp"
Message-ID: <351@hcrvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 22-Apr-84 19:26:25 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr 22 19:26:25 1984
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	C'mon, these two movies don't deserve all the negative  feedback.
	In both of them a very elemental idea is being exposed.
	
	Death.
	
	We all have to face it but that doesn't  mean  we  have  to  talk
	about  it, right?  Those of you who would think me morbid, please
	read no further, because net.apathy is always  ready  to  receive
	your replies :-).
	
	In a recent article, "Terms of Endearment" was seen to be a movie
	about  two  women inept at raising children.  This may be true on
	the surface, but to totally ignore the death of a  daughter  (and
	mom)  is  kind  of  looking  the other way, wouldn't you say?  It
	wasn't an easy movie to watch, but it damn  well  had  a  message
	(which  is open to individual interpretation of course, but don't
	deny its existence).
	
	"Garp" has been bounced around because of an  apparent  consensus
	of  dislike  for  its  author,  John  Irving.   Maybe Irving IS a
	supreme {airhead|egocentric boob|etc} but his movie had a message
	as well.  Again, the death of a son and of a father (although two
	different people this time) was thrown in  our  laps.   How  many
	directors  are  brave enough to make a movie about the number one
	unpopular dinner topic?  How many writers to write  a  book?   We
	should  at  least  give  them credit for their guts, even if they
	managed to mangle the theme (not in my opinion!)  they  at  least
	made the attempt.
-- 
Time to get back to net.apathy...	Paul R. Bonneau
					(decvax|watmath|utzoo}!hcrvax!paulb