Word: drunkness
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...thought to be its mother; comic discomfort ensues. On rare occasions, and with back-breaking dexterity, a gifted writer could work the sex act into a movie's plot. Preston Sturges' The Miracle of Morgan's Creek: on a one-night stand, a pretty young blond gets drunk and pregnant, and drags her very unsuitable boyfriend along to help her cope with the consequences. Hilarity, at breakneck speed and daredevil heights, ensues...
...celebrate a promotion at E!, Alison takes Debbie to a club; she meets Ben, they get drunk, have sex. etc. Eight weeks later, she suspects she's pregnant. Hmmm: at just the moment when she's been promoted to being an on-air reporter, she gets knocked up by a loser she barely knows and, when sober, can't stand. Some women would terminate the pregnancy. Alison doesn't, because ... because then there would be no movie - at least, not the kind Apatow wants to make. (Suggestion for an edgier romantic comedy. Two unsuited people get together, girl gets pregnant...
...where people go with their parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, and uncles to share stories about traffic tickets and discuss Harvard t-shirt sizes for baby cousins. It’s not a late-night college eatery. It’s not where you go to eat a quesadilla when drunk...
...much as having fun has become a perverted source of stress, it has also been a blessing in disguise. I’ve learned something over the past semester. It gets better. All of the people we’ve met here at Harvard, whether it was drunk at senior bar, in a slightly more comprising way at the Last Chance Dance, or even on move-in day of freshman year, have improved our lives, the total benefit of which we won’t comprehend until many years down the road...
...William Canary called the allegations "outrageous" and "the desperate act of a desperate politician." Terry Butts said, "I do not recall this telephone conversation - this whole story must have been created by a drunk fiction writer." A White House spokesman told TIME that since the case of former Governor Siegelman remained before the courts, it would have no comment...