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i started reading it, but didn't get into it. and it was about a lesbian couple. my question is, where did ruth and idgie get a child from? they weren't allowed to be gay parents back in that era right? and no one back then thought a lesbian couple was weird?

Fluffster People talking about the movie like it's the same as the book: it is not. The film's director, Jon Avnet, even said in the DVD commentary that he regr…morePeople talking about the movie like it's the same as the book: it is not. The film's director, Jon Avnet, even said in the DVD commentary that he regretted letting the producers push him into the decision not to include the reality of Idgie and Ruth's relationship in the movie.
Spielberg did the same for The Color Purple.
Fannie Flag is a lesbian author and Idgie and Ruth were lesbians in love. If you can't deal with it, don't whitewash it, just read something else.(less)

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Kelli Lindsay I know it's years later, but I just saw the movie for the first time last night, and just wanted to say BRAVO fir this comment. The only people that d ...more
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