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Well if you stayed for the narration at the end, Vanessa Redgrave (who I believe is supposed to be the adult Jenny) said the African mom chose to NOT have her own daughter being mutilated.
Well if you stayed for the narration at the end, Vanessa Redgrave (who I believe is supposed to be the adult Jenny) said the African mom chose to NOT have her own daughter being mutilated.
I did stay for the end, and I heard that. Still did not change the scene before, and the feeling I got from it.
To me, the scene with all the thalidomide parents sharing their pictures was the most beautiful, touching scene. I love that they revisited that family.
I did stay for the end, and I heard that. Still did not change the scene before, and the feeling I got from it.
I read that as being realistic. For her, it was simply how things were. She was afraid she'd no longer be accepted in her own culture. She sent her daughter off with her mother to be sure she was. For her it wasn't being mutulated. It was just how things were done. She found some of the accepted parts of British/western standards unfathomable as well. She mentioned how in their culture, male children were 'cut' which she found unacceptable.
In that time, it was their way. It wouldn't have been realistic if she'd suddenly had a new vision. But they tell us that in time, with greater opportunities, the children and theirs changed the normal and didn't.
Cultural change is a slow process, and isn't real until it becomes a new normal.
And tonight....knocked it out of the park. A two kleenexer.....
I've watched this series from the very first and I read Jenny's book, too.
I realized through my tears last night that the show reminds me of Little House on the Prairie in one way: I cried in every episode. It's usually "cry for happy" but sometimes it is "cry for sad."
Last night had so many crises going on at the same time that I was nearly out of breath. The writing is excellent and the acting is outstanding. I truly love this series. I look forward to it each and every week.
We know these characters well, don't we?
I was surprised to learn that early birth control pills posed a hazard for women. When I started taking them in 1968 I don;t recall any specific dangers or warnings about them.
And yes, it was a lovely season finale. So sad to see it end and have the long wait for a new season.
Me either - I went on the pill in 1973 when I married my first husband. But I was 18. The woman on the show appeared to be in her 30's and they showed her smoking and taking more than one pill at a time. Also maybe by the time I started taking them they had been perfected more from the 1962 version.
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