A New Movie

[Smartboy]

In the past, I have written quite a bit about the impact that the third-season episode "Samantha's Protest" had on me. Most of my posts on this episode have to do with the secondary plot of Katie's giddiness over the handsome boy from the protest. She was salivating over him even before she knew that he would be involved in the protest. A female poster that I used to correspond with said that Katie was a total snot in this episode. I tend to agree with her. Using a sit-in as an opportunity to attempt to pick up a boy does suggest somewhat of a lack of scruples. It will take another paragraph for me to explain what this has to do with a movie that is being released tomorrow.

When I was 18-years-old, I read the Judy Blume book, "Are you there God? It's me Margaret". It is my understanding that this is the first Judy Blume book that got made into a full-length movie. The title character of this story was an only child being raised in New Jersey. Her maternal grandparents were very conservative Christians who lived in Ohio. When they learned that their daughter was marrying outside of the faith, they disowned her as their daughter. When Margaret was 12, her mother's parents contacted her mother saying that they wanted to visit so they could discuss some type of peace treaty. Even though Margaret's mother was far from forgiving her parents for the way that they had acted, she was, at least willing to let them in her house and attempt to talk the situation out. After much discussion and debate, Margaret's mother and grandparents were still unable to see eye to eye. After the failed attempt to get there daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter back in their lives, the grandparents went on to New York City. Margaret's father said to his wife "what did I tell you? It was a trip to New York all along. They just stopped by because it was convenient"! This is where we come to the tie-in with "Samantha's Protest". Joining the demonstration was an act of convenience on Katie's part. She tried to act like she had joined the movement out of respect for her darling baby sister Samantha. The truth of the matter is that she wanted to get close to the boy that she liked so she could pay him cute little complements in an attempt to get him to ask her out. What do other people think of my comparison between the episode and the book/movie?

[ThisLittlePiggy]

It's a good comparison. It shows people have selfish motives.

[Smartboy]

Originally Posted by ThisLittlePiggy

It's a good comparison. It shows people have selfish motives.

Thank you very much for the well thought out reply!