A Breath of Countercultural Air!

Sometimes an MOJ blogger will refer to MOJ as countercultural.  Well, my wife and I saw one of the most countercultural films we've seen in many a moon.  (Countercultural where the "culture" is defined by much of "Hollywood", television , and modern adverstising.)  A pro-family, even pro-life film.  Judd Apatow's "Knocked Up".  Ferociously funny and, much more importantly,  ferociously satirical.  Do yourself a favor:  Go see it.  But before you do, read the full review of the film by A.O. Scott in the New York Times (here).  Here's a snippet:  "Mr. Apatow’s critique of contemporary mores is easy to miss — it is obscured as much by geniality as by profanity — but it is nonetheless severe and directed at the young men who make up the core of this film’s likely audience. The culture of sexual entitlement and compulsive consumption encourages men to remain boys, for whom women serve as bedmates and babysitters."  If you do see the film, make sure you don't get out of your seat until all the credits have run their course:  the family pictures that accompany the credits are wonderful.  (Apatow's previous film, by the way, is "The 40-Year-Old Virgin", which I haven't seen--but now want to.)