What, no Mother's Day thread?
None in the other group either, that I could find. Hmm. I'd certainly extend a Happy Mother's Day greeting to that bunch, since it contains so many real mothers. Of both genders.
Didn't have time to watch much, but the ID Channel devoted all day to murderous and otherwise criminal Moms.
Including one of my all-time faves, Sante Kimes and her son Kenny. A couple that make the Oedipus family look downright ordinary. They killed at least 3 people strictly for money.
Sante is also one of the very few 20th-century Americans to do prison time for slavery. She hired young Mexican women, then refused to pay them and threatened to have them deported if they complained.
Kimes had TWO wonderfully trashy movies made about her. Starring the 2 actresses most likely to end up playing murderous amoral grifters: Mary Tyler Moore & Judy Davis.
Moore gives the slightly more restrained performance IMO. Davis lets fly and really chews up the scenery, which is what the part needs. My favorite scene: Davis/Kimes takes a new Cadillac for a test drive. And keeps it. And screams "persecution" when arrested for car theft several months later.
ON EDIT: had to take a break to LMAO. Watching the movie "Drop Dead Gorgeous." One day I will die laughing at the scene of Denise Richards, dancing with the Jesus dummy nailed to the cross, while she's singing "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You."
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The hospital scene where "Loretta" (Alison Janney) runs into that hideously perky Candy-Striper:
Candy-Striper: "Hey, Sally Serious! I betcha a nice cool mint will turn that frown upside down!"
Loretta: "Would a nice cool mint help if I shoved your head up your ass?"
Try to keep up, Americans!
