As I mentioned Monday, the new CBS comedy Accidentally on Purpose is based on a memoir by time.com film critic Mary Pols. Pols, like her alter ego played by Jenna Elfman, in real life got pregnant accidentally by a much younger man. Unlike Elfman’s character, but like many other women with unplanned pregnancies, Pols had considered getting an abortion. The TV version of her does not—much like most pregnant women on TV since Maude’s anomalous abortion over three decades ago—and in an essay for Double X, Pols asks why:
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This Weekend’s Movies
Snow White and the Huntsman: The Fairest Feminist of Them All
What's that mirror talking about? No one is fairer than Charlize Theron. Unless we're talking inner beauty—which is what this movie is about.
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Populist
Mini Miscreants: Top 10 Li'l Screen Villains
As we prepare for the Game of Thrones finale, we recognize Joffrey and nine other baddies who showed us that terrible, horrible things can come in small packages
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Music Reviews
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TV Recaps
The Bachelorette Watch: Sixteen Bachelors, Three Departures, One Trip to Dollywood
Highlights include Dolly Parton singing for Emily Maynard and one omelet named Shelly
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Box Office Report
1 Men in Black 3 $55M 2 Marvel's The Avengers $37M 3 Battleship $10.8M 4 The Dictator $9.6M 5 Chernobyl Diaries $8M -
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