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I am shocked that the mother, Christine Collins, in the movie Changeling has been nominated for an ACADEMY AWARD! Of course, I should not be surprised by anything Hellywood does these days, but this time they've truly gone too far.
The film glorifies a single mother whose 9-year-old son goes missing while she's off at her rollerskating job. (Apparently, it doesn't occur to her he left to find a FATHER FIGURE.)
When the police go out of their way to return the boy to her, we see how little maternal instinct this Jezebel truly has when she can't even recognize him! Now, it is true that we women are not always as sound-thinkers as menfolk...but you would hope a mother could recognize her child even if separated for 5 months!
The mother then plots to unload the child (it's the Roaring 20's, remember, when women first started wearing miniskirts), but there's, thankfully, ONE upstanding policeman who doesn't fall for her flaunted kneecaps and is willing to call Christine on her unforgivable recklessness.
In a scene that leaves the audience cheering, he tells her, "You know what your problem is, Mrs. Collins? You're trying to shirk your responsibilities as a mother. You enjoyed being a free woman, didn't you? You enjoyed not having to worry about a young son. You could go where you wanted, do whatever you wanted, see anyone you wanted. But then we found your son and we brought him back, and now he's an inconvenience to you! And that's why you cooked up this scheme, to throw him to the State and get the State to raise him for you, isn't that true?!"
But even after that stirring and righteous expose, what do we get now? The mother is nominated for an Oscar and the high-minded policeman isn't.
If the film wins, I predict rioting from mothers, father, and police officers everywhere.
The film glorifies a single mother whose 9-year-old son goes missing while she's off at her rollerskating job. (Apparently, it doesn't occur to her he left to find a FATHER FIGURE.)
When the police go out of their way to return the boy to her, we see how little maternal instinct this Jezebel truly has when she can't even recognize him! Now, it is true that we women are not always as sound-thinkers as menfolk...but you would hope a mother could recognize her child even if separated for 5 months!
The mother then plots to unload the child (it's the Roaring 20's, remember, when women first started wearing miniskirts), but there's, thankfully, ONE upstanding policeman who doesn't fall for her flaunted kneecaps and is willing to call Christine on her unforgivable recklessness.
In a scene that leaves the audience cheering, he tells her, "You know what your problem is, Mrs. Collins? You're trying to shirk your responsibilities as a mother. You enjoyed being a free woman, didn't you? You enjoyed not having to worry about a young son. You could go where you wanted, do whatever you wanted, see anyone you wanted. But then we found your son and we brought him back, and now he's an inconvenience to you! And that's why you cooked up this scheme, to throw him to the State and get the State to raise him for you, isn't that true?!"
But even after that stirring and righteous expose, what do we get now? The mother is nominated for an Oscar and the high-minded policeman isn't.
If the film wins, I predict rioting from mothers, father, and police officers everywhere.
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