So, it appears that I really do want to write about Private Practice, as I've already spewed out several pages. In the interests of "research"--can I just say I love working on popular culture?!--are there other recent TV shows/films that deal with IVF and infertility (donor egg stuff would be particularly helpful, if it exists)? I'm more interested in drama than comedy, but I'll happily accept any suggestions that come my way. Thanks!
p.s. Come to think of it, if there are novels/works of fiction that you know of that deal with these issues, that would be great as well.
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
Saturday, June 28, 2008
On Watching "One Fine Day" (for the third time)
So I have a thing for sappy movies about single mothers. Always have. And one of my favorite sappy movies about single moms is One Fine Day, featuring Michelle Pfeiffer and George Clooney. It's one of those idyllic, perfectly plotted films where the heroine has an obvious conflict (work vs. kid) and of course the hero comes in to save the day, as they swap childcare so they can both meet important work deadlines. And of course fall in love.
Personally I could do without the falling in love part--though George Clooney isn't half bad--but what I like about the movie is it exemplifies--without sentimentalizing, without trivializing--what I find most challenging about being a single mom: negotiating that whole work vs. kid thing. Pfeiffer's character is a good mom who dotes on her son. She is also a good employee who, faced with a direct conflict between caring for her son and going the extra mile on the job, ultimately chooses her kid. What this movie never says is she can't have both. In the end, she has a job, a kid, and even something she wasn't expecting.
I expect there's a longer essay in this for me, and I've been thinking about how to organize that essay collection, featuring significant moments in my journey to negotiate home and work. Watching that movie last night, after reading a new collection Mama, PhD, while my daughter refused to go to bed, and while ignoring the pile of dishes in the sink and the toys scattered everywhere...well, that's one such moment.
Personally I could do without the falling in love part--though George Clooney isn't half bad--but what I like about the movie is it exemplifies--without sentimentalizing, without trivializing--what I find most challenging about being a single mom: negotiating that whole work vs. kid thing. Pfeiffer's character is a good mom who dotes on her son. She is also a good employee who, faced with a direct conflict between caring for her son and going the extra mile on the job, ultimately chooses her kid. What this movie never says is she can't have both. In the end, she has a job, a kid, and even something she wasn't expecting.
I expect there's a longer essay in this for me, and I've been thinking about how to organize that essay collection, featuring significant moments in my journey to negotiate home and work. Watching that movie last night, after reading a new collection Mama, PhD, while my daughter refused to go to bed, and while ignoring the pile of dishes in the sink and the toys scattered everywhere...well, that's one such moment.
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