Saturday, 31 October 2009

• Glamorizing pregnancy before marriage?

  Before everyone gets all stirred up, I would like to clarify that I a) do NOT condemn those who get pregnant before marriage and b) Nor do I think keeping your child is wrong. I will NOT judge, condone, or criticize you. I am simply noticing patterns in the media, and wish to record them here.

  First off, i think it is truth universally acknowledged that we are all familiar with the film Juno. Initially, it was both frowned upon and loved, condemned and praised, but overall, it spurred a whole new controversy in the magical land of hollywood. teen pregnancy. While the topic of teen pregnancy has obviously been touched upon in films prior to Juno, there were essentially no actual movies that revolved around the entire topic holistically.

  

  I didn't really go gaga over the film until I noticed that a new, Hindi film, with the EXACT same plot was stirring controversy as well. (Teree Sang).

  

  This film literally follows almost the EXACT same plotline as Juno. The only thing that differentiates the two is the fact that they were released at different times and in different counties (Not entirely true, but they are very similar). I could go off on a spin about how this is "plagiarism" blah blah blah, but that's not the reason i'm here. Instead, I ask you, dear reader, the ever so cliche question, what are your opinions on pregnancy before marriage? Is following the "regular" guidelines of marriage the norm or a thing of the past? Do you think movies truly influence culture? Are you a teen parent?

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