Every time I see something like this I think of the teenagers who were drafted to fight the Germans in WWII, trained as paratroopers, and then accidentally dropped in a swamp on D-Day and drowned under the weight of their gear
“Your son should have to compete against the top 1% of every third world country for a middle class job in the town he grew up in” is one hell of a take
I was only 9 months old when my own biological mother kicked me out her stomach naked and bloody because i mistakenly broke her water while playing.
(Never spoke to her for 2 years for doing that)
Remembering Gloria Grahame, who passed this day in 1981 at only 57 years old. Her presence in Film Noir remains legendary - there was always the combination of heated sexuality and vulnerability... like you didn't know whether to kiss her or just wrap her in a hug of comfort.. Shown here in her greatest film "The Big Heat"