"Couldn't Ask for a Better Day..."

[psalm_onethirtyone]

I'm running MARC records at the library, and I just noticed that the summary for the film "Precious" includes the line "Precious Jones, an inner-city high school girl, is illiterate, overweight, and pregnant... again".

Can I just take a moment to be extremely offended that 'overweight' is apparently as much a problem as being illiterate or pregnant due to sexual abuse? Based on the cover, what they actually mean is 'obese', but I would argue that it is still not an issue on the magnitude of the other two.

Ffff people annoy me. Back to work.

EDIT: oh my GOD i HATE romantic comedies. BE more misogynistic, i DARE YOU. OR HOW ABOUT NOT. *fumes*

Comments

[watchcry.livejournal.com]

the "... again." Makes it sound like it's a comedy which, from what I understand, it isn't. Maybe I missed the part about sexual abuse being funny, though, in the descriptions my parents gave as "really good and messed up."

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

I think it's supposed to be like 'THIS GIRL'S LIFE IS A MESS OKAY', like you read it and it's like seriously, this isn't a one-time thing, it's a continual life of abuse and bad shit. But I agree, the phrasing is not amazing.