That’s like my favorite Paul Simon album, ever.

1. The cutest pro-choice PSA ever!
2. Probably because I’m old, the cute starts to grate a bit. I kept thinking, dude, come on. It’s ok to wash your hair. And the breakup in the vintage-clothes shop…and Donna being kinda Manic Pixie Dream Girl….oh man. It was a perfect storm of hipster cliches. Hope that was intentional. All they needed was some PBR and a fixed-gear bike.

I always thought the romantic comedies were about all the things that weren’t likely or realistic.  Hence being comedies, I suppose.

Awh, that was really cute!  I mean, at some points it went over the line to a little too *cutesy* for me, but then again I think that was the tone they were going for.  I really liked the part with her talking on the phone with her mom.

Tangential, but I’m glad to hear that SNL Executive Producer Lorne Michaels is defending Jenny Slate in the wake of her slipping and saying “fuckin’” during her SNL debut last weekend.

I imagine NBC is probably gonna get hit with a heavy FCC fine because we’re still so ass-backwards that we have to rely on puritanical regulations against the use of a pretty commonplace word, but there it is.

I’ve watched some clips of Jenny Slate on YouTube, she seems pretty damn funny.

I thought it was cute and not too sugary. It’s rare for me to see movie characters talk like reasonable approximations of real people, so I was impressed.

The FCC shouldn’t have any jurisdiction.  “SNL” falls in the 10-6 window for cursing on the air, doesn’t it?

The FCC shouldn’t have any jurisdiction.  “SNL” falls in the 10-6 window for cursing on the air, doesn’t it?

I stand corrected…

http://www.fcc.gov/eb/oip/FAQ.html#TheLaw

You are right, the utterance of the horrible F-bomb occurred outside the FCC’s guidelines.  As such, no fines can be imposed.

That said, I wouldn’t be surprised if Brent Bozell and the absurd Parents Television Council tried to launch a petition to get Slate fired over it.

Well, you can just look at her and see she’s a rebellious female.  Of course they’re going to enjoy punishing her.

I’m seriously annoyed at the fuss now.  The law says they can’t touch you between 10 and 6, and goddammit, that should be honored.  If the PTC or Brent Bozell pulls the “what about the children?” card, I would point out that YOUR FUCKING KIDS SHOULD BE IN BED.  I wasn’t allowed to stay up to watch “SNL” until like junior high.

It was a little too cutesy in some parts, but overall I liked it - I think they did a good job of making it seem like “This isn’t awful and it’s not Earth-shattering, but it’s also not like she’s super happy about it. It just is what it is, what it needs to be.”

I love the sort of romantic comedy that you could almost believe happened in real life—the sort where a couple Meet Cute (and a misunderstanding results that leads to serious hard feelings in Act Three which must be resolved by a series of honest talks), where there is, even, a Manic Pixie Dream Girl (only she has real problems and needs a friend, not admiration for her “uniqueness”), or a Magical Negro (only he has needs and priorities of his own, and might even come into conflict with the viewpoint character).  And above all, where the couple who are Obviously Going to Wind Up Together, wind up with someone else.

The way it happens in real life.

If you liked this, watch the movie “Parsley Days” ; it’s about the end of a relationship and a woman getting an abortion.
A “hipster” friend of mine admitted that he loved it because it fulfilled his fantasies about the kind of quirky, sort of people who live in halifax and all thier thriftstore shopping, craft projects,riding around on cool bikes, etc…. it has a dose of the indie “quirks” for sure, but it’s honest,funny, feminist and alltogether awesome

Yes.

Thanks for posting. Yes, cutesy, but refreshing, especially the guy that realizes it isn’t about him.