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Million Dollar Tragedy

January 30, 2005

Warning: If you want to see Million Dollar Baby don't read further. What is Hollywood up to now? Surprise, surprise they now add euthanasia to their list of acceptable choices. After all "it's all about choice" isn't it? Wittenberg Gate has a thoughtful post on euthanasia that should be read before rooting for the Academy Awards (guess which movie doesn't get my vote). This review by Emanuel Levy goes even further - Hollywood now takes shots at spiritual redemption and euthansia all wrapped up in one movie.

Million Dollar Baby is a spiritual, even religious, movie about the search for redemption of an old Irish Catholic who's become disillusioned with the church and the lack of significant family relationship. Through his relationship with Maggie, Frankie redeems himself and experiences a moral and emotional rebirth at the most tragic circumstances.

Tragic - you can say that again!