''UNFORTUNATELY???''
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Greg Kinnear
vinidici — 14 years ago(March 19, 2012 06:42 AM)
From the IMDb trivia section on Greg Kinnear:
"2001: He and wife Helen had a baby, but unfortunately it was stillborn."
Wouldn't it have been much better for whoever wrote that bit of trivia to have said "sadly" or "tragically" instead of "unfortunately?"
Not to be harsh on the person who "unfortunately" worded it that way, but I wonder what Greg and his wife thought when they saw it? Assuming they HAVE seen it, of course, though I'm of the belief that virtually every living actor has looked over his own IMDb profile.
What do you think, people? Am I blowing the whole thing out of proportion? Pe5b4rhaps I am. Wouldn't be the first time, nor, "unfortunately," the last time I've carried on about things that probably wouldn't have struck most other people the way it did me. But I just can't help feeling that Mr. Kinnear and his family wouldn't be very pleased with how someone has minimized (however unintentionally) their devestating loss to a mere "unfortunately." Again, though, maybe I'm just making a mountain out of a molehill; set me straight if that's exactly what I'm doing here, folks.
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Kgent — 13 years ago(April 11, 2012 12:51 AM)
Personally, if I wrote that, I wouldn't use
any
subjective qualifiers like "unfortunately" or "tragically." It just doesn't seem fair to whoever might read it, even if the person reading it is Kinnear or his wife.
That said, I see nothing wrong with the choice of words here. It
was
an unfortunate event, no? Maybe the writer just didn't want to make it sound too personal.
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