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witchery8 — 17 years ago(June 01, 2008 09:22 PM)

The situation here would only happen in a movie. But hey, its pleasing to watch.
I'm quite a lovely person - apart from my terrible taste in pie.

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Well duh - it's a comedy!
That's like saying Trading Places, Brewsters Millions, Trains Planes and Automobiles, Arthur, Tootsie, Ruthless People, Twins and thousands of other great comedies are also contrived.
They have to have a silly plot premise, to a) make people curious enough to go and see the movie in the first place, and b) to stay engaged once they're viewing it.
"Champagne for my real friends, and real pain for my sham friends"

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The vast majority of movies have situations that would never happen in real life.
Dirty night.

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Yes its contrived, but highly entertaining. ^_^

Jack Bauer ROCKS!

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