A Romantic Comedy About Abortion

on October 7, 2009 at 3:00 PM

When I was doing my daily blog reads and came across Jezebel's title The First Abortion Rom Com I needed to check it out.

Extremely delicate topic. Personal. Private. And little to find in the way of laughs. But apparently director Gillian Robespierre found a way to make a romantic comedy on the subject. Saturday Night Live's Jenny Slate -- aka the girl who dropped the F-bomb on SNL's premiere -- stars in the 20 minute short.

It's called Obvious Child and it touches on the subject of unplanned pregnancy, abortion, and relationships.

What do you think of a romantic comedy on the subject of abortion?

About the author Michele Zipp

loves vintage and will defend skinny jeans to the death though she is highly superstitious and "death" is probably a bad word choice. She has a touch of the hoarding disease and enjoys sleuthing, the worst reality shows, and wearing high heels, even at the playground. She's an AP mom of twins, slightly crunchy but with a pedicure.

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kfroz0415

on Oct 8, 2009 at 3:19 PM

Wow... There's was nothing funny about that video. I expected to find it pretty tasteless, which is was. I think I chuckled once when she told him his pee smells like Cheetos but that was it.

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