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The following article includes references to abortion.
But the 1987 film is much more than just a love story.
“There are so many layers to this movie.
There is so much goodness under what feels like a fluffy rom-com fairytale.
“We were writing about abortion and illegal abortions.”
Baby must fetch her father, a doctor, to save Penny’s life.
“We saw someone who was hemorrhaging,” Grey toldThe Los Angeles Times.
“We saw what happens to people without means the haves and the have nots.
I love that part of the storyline because it was really a feminist movie in a rom-com.”
“It’s a feminist movie, but it’s very stealth.”
Perhaps most revolutionary of all is Baby’s sexual empowerment.
She chooses to have sex with Johnny and the sex is good.
That’s not to say that all hope is lost.
