Word: kidded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Monica to hold out for "a kick-ass job." She slams Currie for her "sheer stupidity" in not helping Monica to see more of Handsome, who, by the way, tells Monica he doesn't think of himself that way but looks in the mirror and sees "a fat little kid who couldn't throw a ball straight." Predictably dysfunctional as surrogate mom, Tripp doesn't help Monica's self-esteem, saying of her neglectful paramour, "if he were a completely fulfilled man, you wouldn't exist in his life...
...hospital at least and a very difficult life thereafter? "Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should," explains Dr. Goldberg. "We have to keep a level head and treat the child as if it were your own. What would you want for your own kid...
...ultimate horror movie, where the people next to you at the office are incredibly evil." But the spookiest character, Gazzara's, is the man who feels nothing, is in love with no one, does not pursue happiness. And the sweetest, awfullest moments are in the connection between a normal kid (brave Rufus Read) and his mad, bad dad. "He's not a demon," Solondz says of the father; "he's possessed by a demon. He's a predator--and a tragic figure who loves...
Even if you don't watch much TV, the hospital marketers will find you. You may open your mailbox and find one of Duke's slick, multicolored brochures. Or you may visit your kid's school and have to shoo away Twinkle, WakeMed's man-in-a-plush-yellow-star mascot, who brings joy to the hearts of youngsters--and (not incidentally) stirs up business for WakeMed's Children's Center...
...bureaucracy, she complains, has become removed from the patients, which she thinks is just the way they want it. Kurtzberg picks up the fax from the Russian boy and says, "You can't make those decisions with a letter like this on your desk." Then she adds, "If this kid showed up in my clinic, I wouldn't turn him away...