It's Not ALWAYS Political
Published by BG on Thursday, June 07, 2007 at 8:13 AM.Rhymes with 'shmashmortion' - Politico.com
From the male side, one of Ben's best buds [in the movie Knocked Up], Jonah, kicks the termination terminology up a notch. "I won't say the A-word, but it rhymes with shmashmortion," Jonah says, suggesting that Ben and Alison go down to the shmashmortion clinic, see a shmashmortion doctor and just "take care of it and move on."
So what is it about adding the "a" to "bortion" that goes too far beyond Apatow's cracks about butt cracks, vaginas, penises and bong hits?
Perhaps, I don't know, maybe it's because it's a comedy about a man who is forced to grow up overnight (well, over nine months) and his infantile friends who treat everything in their lives like a poop joke? Would anyone expect the writers to derail the movie with a serious discussion of abortion and its consequences?
Please.
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