For Some, ‘Parenthood’ Is No Laughing Matter
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Some comments on Nina J. Easton’s July 30 article about the Ron Howard’s film “Parenthood,” which, according to the headline, “reflects the movies’ latest discovery: kids and families.”
Brian Grazer, Howard’s partner in Imagine Films, is quoted as saying: “Now being hip is being a responsible dad. . . . It’s hip to have substance.”
Hip? He makes child rearing sound like the latest dance step.
‘Hip to have substance” now? Does that mean that a short time ago it was “hip to be superficial”?
I hope that reading Grazer’s remarks doesn’t provoke a bunch of folks to rush out and become parents so they too can share in the “hip” experience. Just as bell-bottom pants and alligator-emblem shirts went speedily out, so might this latest craze.
And when a child no longer serves a desire for hipness, what do you say to little Mary or Johnny? “Sorry, kid, but you’re out of style”?
LAUREL DEWEY
Glendale
