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Hana Maru
10/18/09

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I cant fight the moonlight!

I watch this movie pretty much whenever I see it on the tv schedule. It's so bad, it's almost good. My husband doesn't get it, and the T&A doesn't make it better for him. He wonders how John Goodman sunk so low. #coyoteugly
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samethingwedoeverynightpinky
10/17/09

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The ABC family channel basically shows a bunch of television about sex, especially sex among teenagers, except occasionally, when Pat Robertson's family hour comes on at midnight. It's like the personification of this country's neuroses about sex. #coyoteugly
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meritxell: an erotic life
10/17/09

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I seriously cannot think of Coyote Ugly without thinking of Artemis' "audition" in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

"I'm just a small-town girl who moved to the big city with big dreams... only to find that the only way to make it... IS TO SHAKE IT." #coyoteugly
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l'analogie
10/17/09

@meritxell: an erotic life: Shake it. Shake it.

(you win today, because I think the same thing...) #coyoteugly
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Jack_Burton
10/17/09

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Well, at least Pretty Woman is still about whorin' and shoppin'. Cinderella stories aren't for kids you know. Except, maybe, Cinderella. #coyoteugly
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Lolita Hazed
10/17/09

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HA! A few years ago they played Cruel Intentions. I was too thrown off by the idea but I am guessing that shit was some HILARIOUS dubbing. #coyoteugly
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Lana Leigh loves Meryl Streep
10/17/09

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The only show that I somewhat like on ABC Family is "Lincoln Heights". Of course the acting is horrible and it seems as if the main character, Cassie, gets kidnapped every season but overall I like that they are an African-American family with professional parents (mother is a ER nurse and father is a police officer) with smart, respectful, and artistic (Cassie is a painter and boy twin sings and writes music) children. #coyoteugly
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ImperfectLit.Woman
10/17/09

@Lana Leigh loves Meryl Streep: I like that show too even if it is overdramatic at times. I feel like I have to support the few good African American shows so they'll make some more and I hate that I have to feel that way. #coyoteugly
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nolongerinacubiclestillawhore
10/17/09

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I'm more confused about Meet Joe Black airing. What family is gonna sit through that? #coyoteugly
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minnesotameltdown
10/17/09

@nolongerinacubiclestillawhore: HAAA! Did you see Letterman this week when they showed this clip? Never stops being funny...
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MargaretMoony
10/17/09

@nolongerinacubiclestillawhore: I'm an adult and I can't sit through it! #coyoteugly
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nolongerinacubiclestillawhore
10/18/09

@minnesotameltdown: Best. Scene. EVER. Definitely something you want to watch with your kids before tucking them in at night. #coyoteugly
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georgina
10/17/09

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I'm a secret fan of Coyote Ugly too. My guilty pleasure movies include Grease 2, Teen Witch, and this is the weirdest- Con Air. I can defend the 1st 2 on musical quality alone. But I have no excuse for the sheer enjoyment I get out of Con Air. #coyoteugly
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PixieSparkle
10/17/09

@georgina: Oh, how I loved Teen Witch!! I haven't seen it in ages, but I would LOVE to watch it again.

RE: Con Air - I have a similar relationship with Die Hard: Die Harder. No reason why. #coyoteugly
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georgina
10/17/09

@PixieSparkle: I'm gonna be the most popular girrrrrrrrrrrrrl. I'm telling you, musical genius!

And thank you for making me feel better about my Con Air admission! #coyoteugly
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PixieSparkle
10/17/09

@georgina: It's classic. I love the guys with the boombox dancing in the street. Top that!! #coyoteugly
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applejuice
10/17/09

@PixieSparkle: "Look how FUNKY he is." Ha ha ha. Is THAT what they were calling it back then. This is fantastic. #coyoteugly
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tamoko
10/17/09

@PixieSparkle: God, that makes my brain hurt... In middle school I actually knew knew guys who would camp ut with their boombox and posture... Classic! #coyoteugly
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tamoko
10/17/09

@PixieSparkle: God, that makes my brain hurt... In middle school I actually knew knew guys who would camp ut with their boombox and posture... Classic! #coyoteugly
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PixieSparkle
10/17/09

@tamoko: LOL that is awesome! Did they roll up their pants like that? #coyoteugly
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tamoko
10/19/09

@PixieSparkle: As I recall, they probably did. I've tried to blot out all the details... I once went to school dance where they actually had a "dance off", cardboard an all.... #coyoteugly
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minnesotameltdown
10/17/09

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Well, shit. Guess I know what I'm doing tonight. There go all my plans for studying and general self improvement. Thanks, ABC Family. #coyoteugly
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minnesotameltdown
10/17/09

@minnesotameltdown: Also, now that I think about it: there are many of the same themes in Dirty Dancing, such as...dirty dancing. Daddy issues. What have you.
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rodmanstreet
10/17/09

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I can't watch this movie for Melanie Lynskey's awful Jersey accent. She sounds like she was somehow beamed in from Staten Island circa 1930. I keep waiting for her to complain about living in Hooverville.
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rodmanstreet
10/17/09

@rodmanstreet: Sorry - I had the clip timestapped to skip straight to her ridiculous accent, but it doesn't seem to work with the embedding and for some reason it's not letting me edit the video out of the comment. Oh well. #coyoteugly
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JessickerFletcher
10/17/09

@rodmanstreet: Oh man, I wish that I could double-heart you for that. Now I'm picturing her in a Hooverville with her little hooverblanket to keep her warm all the while she's singing songs, hoping to make it to California where her Okie cousins are gonna make a decent living. #coyoteugly
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JessickerFletcher
10/17/09

@rodmanstreet: I watched the video on youtube. God, she needs subtitles.

"Y'kna yer not alawn misteh Stanferd. Hey, maybeh y'n'eye shuhd have dinne sum time." #coyoteugly
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rodmanstreet
10/17/09

@JessickerFletcher: Oh my God! I just figured it out! She talks like Bugs Bunny when he would put on a dress and pretend to be a girl bunny! #coyoteugly
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Snowbunny
10/17/09

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Oh, and I'm pretty sure Piper Perabo on a House episode where she played a militant vegetarian nutritionist. I wasn't paying attention and then all the sudden she goes "Wait, you're eating FLESH?!" and I snapped into focus and realized that I was looking at Jersey and starting cheering for her alone in my living room. Shake it, baby, SHAKE IT! Hugh Laurie had similar sentiments. #coyoteugly
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HighSchoolFearleader
10/17/09

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The main themes of the movie fit in with ABC Family's lineup pretty well (complicated relationship with a parent, kid trying to follow their dream), but I wouldn't feel comfortable watching it with my own family. I don't think I'd be comfortable watching anything on ABC Family with mine, actually. Mostly for the fact that none of us are into wooden acting and awkward dialogue. #coyoteugly
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Snowbunny
10/17/09

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I am of the belief that, while some things change and we live in a big, bad world, dancing on the bar is still something you should wait until you are over 17 to do. Sorry, ABC Family, but I think you missed the mark on this one. #coyoteugly
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JessickerFletcher
10/17/09

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I watched one episode of The Secret Life of the American Teenager. It was nauseating. I wanted to write a letter to ABC afterwards. It had this blonde uber-Christian cheerleader being mocked because she was caught on camera trying to fend off her would-be rapist. Also, there was a hispanic girl cast as the 15 year old seductress of the high school. I was not pleased. It was offensive to nearly all realms of human existence.

Greek's okay, though. It always manages to find a way to promote diversity and tackle social issues without coming off as preachy. I don't watch regularly, but I am guaranteed a chuckle each week because it's followed by the 700 Club.

All of this being said, Coyote Ugly is a major, MAJOR improvement, and I don't even like the film.
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Lana Leigh loves Meryl Streep
10/17/09

@JessickerFletcher: I agree!!! I hate that stupid show. It's perpetuating the stereotype that when white girls get pregnant it was one time and they really didn't want to do it, etc etc. But when it's girls of color their whores, don't know who their baby daddy is, etc. etc. #coyoteugly
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JessickerFletcher
10/17/09

@Lana Leigh loves Meryl Streep: I couldn't stop laughing at the token black friend. She had ZERO depth and her dialogue seemed like it was taken from a 1980's Abstinence pamphlet. More than anything, I'm ashamed that I can remember this. I found out that my younger cousin watched this show and I kind of freaked out. I ended up not saying anything because I'm already the liberal black sheep in my extended family and advising her not to watch it probably would have translated as "you want her to have an abortion if she gets pregnant, don't you?!" to her parents. #coyoteugly
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maybeimamazed02
10/17/09

@JessickerFletcher: Love Greek...the main character bears a striking resemblance to my little brother (science nerd in an "alternative" fraternity). Then I found out that my brother and his "brothers" watch it as a house and I love it even more.

"Secret Life," though...ugh. I can't get past the clip they showed on The Soup where the uber-Christian blonde lost her virginity, ENJOYED the experience (horrors!), and then...her dad DIED. Seriously? That's worse than anything I ever saw on 7th Heaven. #coyoteugly
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LazyHippo
10/17/09

@JessickerFletcher: Don't you? I thought everyone on Jezebel had an abortion quota to meet. Did that change with the redesign? #coyoteugly
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LazyHippo
10/17/09

@maybeimamazed02: If only her school had had better abstinence-only sex ed, she would have known that when you rupture your hymen (before marriage, of course) it also ruptures your father's left ventricle. #coyoteugly
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JessickerFletcher
10/17/09

@LazyHippo:

1) You're awesome
2) "when you rupture your hymen (before marriage, of course) it also ruptures your father's left ventricle." Sometimes I honestly believe that this is what my cousin learns at her private school
3) Unfortunately, it looks like I'm gonna have to start working overtime to meet the quota this month #coyoteugly
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applejuice
10/17/09

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Didn't ABC family show that craptastic movie with Lindsay Lohan pretending to be pregnant too? I'm just sayin'... #coyoteugly
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KathrynwithaY loves Joan Collins
10/17/09

@applejuice: Yes, "Labor Pains." They ran the promos into the ground. Ugh. #coyoteugly
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