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Jul 25, 2019 · Crowe stresses that there was little outrage over Stacy’s Fast Times abortion nearly four decades ago. “This is an interesting thing: The one critic who had something to say about it and felt...
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Jul 26, 2019 · The storyline in question follows 15-year-old sophomore Stacy Hamilton (Jennifer Jason Leigh) who starts off the school year as a virgin, only to become impregnated by fellow classmate Mike...
Jul 26, 2019 · Cameron Crowe Says Abortion Plot in Fast Times at Ridgemont High Would Be 'Controversial' Today. In the 1982 film, Jennifer Jason Leigh's 15-year-old character gets an abortion. Director...
Jul 25, 2019 · Cameron Crowe on how the abortion scene in 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' would fare today: 'It would be outrageously controversial'. Videos cannot play due to a network issue.
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Jul 26, 2019 · Take Fast Times at Ridgemont High, a 1982 movie about teens doing teen stuff, including but not limited to terminating an unwanted pregnancy. In an interview with Yahoo, Cameron Crowe (on whose book the film was based) mused that the abortion scene — low-key and unfussy and authentic — would be “outrageously controversial” today.
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Jul 26, 2019 · In Cameron Crowe's 80s staple Fast Times At Ridgemont High, the storyline in which Jennifer Jason Leigh's Stacy has an abortion is treated merely as part of the plot, without judgement.
Fans remember” Fast Times at Ridgemont High ” for its raunchy humor, loaded soundtrack and clever storyline, but an underlying subplot involving underage sex and abortion often flies under the radar — and that might be a good thing. According to screenwriter Cameron Crowe, the film’s abortion side-story wouldn’t hold up with a modern audience.
