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Catherine Called Birdy (2022)
A fun movie with serious flaws
Overall this was a fairly enjoyable film well acted by the talented cast. However the central plot line has a serious hole: Birdy is being sold into marriage to make up for father's poor money management. However, in England in the Middle Ages, when the plot is explicitly set, brides were given a dowry, not sold for a bride price. The dowry is money taken by a bride into her marriage and it was meant for her protection. If her husband died or he divorced her, the money went with her. A bit of research on the part of the author would have cleared that up quickly. But of course the writer was too interested in making political points to bother with anything like researching the culture she was supposedly portraying. She also made an absolute mockery of midwifery. If you want to make a fantasy film, fine - but don't then set it in a specific time and place without doing any research whatsoever.
House M.D.: Simple Explanation (2009)
Lots of overlaps
I thought it was an excellent, if disturbing episode. The way the 3 suicide story lines were interwoven was very interesting. One thing that really struck me about the show was that 2 of the main characters have played suicides in other shows - Wilson in the Dead Poet's Society and Foreman in ER. For me, both of those characters have been tainted with sadness because of their past character's actions. It was rather heartbreaking at the end to see House sitting in Lawrence's apartment, surrounded by his photographs, with no more clue of who the man had been or why he'd done it. Although it could have wound up feeling like an after-school special, I appreciated the producers adding the suicide hot line information at the end. I hope the devastation the characters feel at the loss of their friend might have an impact on someone considering suicide.