Here is an interesting story sent my way by MadMan (thanks!) - BAY AREA / Mom awarded $1 million over embryo mix-up. The story was interesting in itself - the whole wrong embryo being implanted in the womb thing - without the ethical implications it raises. There you have this woman who has used another man’s sperm to get herself a baby - she is the mom. But the baby’s dad and his wife have also been trying to have kids and they want the baby too - as dad, that man has some say in the situation too and he now wants full custody of the baby, which obviously is impossible. How would you guys resolve the situation?
Very Hindi moviesque, isn’t it!
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I guess splitting the baby is not an option :-) ;)
Come to think of it, it’s a liberal’s dream scenario. These people can’t be expected to keep the boy’s interest in mind. It’s after all about THE CHILDREN. The gov’t should do something about this. Bush should immediately create a “Dept of Child Custody” ;)
Since you mentioned Hindi movies,
How about the families (both rich Thakurs from neighboring towns) fued over this issue for the next 20 years. Meanwhile the son grows up studying in a foreign land and returns to his roots only to fall in love with the daughter of the rival Thakur. Fueding reaches a crescendo, wherein the doctor who spent the last 20 years in jail for his mistake, steps in to clarify tthings. 20 years ago he committed not one but two blunders. He had actually implanted the two women with each others embryos. These families were raising each other children all this while !!!. The families reconcile, the young couple gets married and everybody lives happily thereafter.
How’s that ?
It’s much better than the Bollywood fare dished out lately.
Posted by: Martin at August 9, 2004 9:43 AM
LOL, Martin - that is hilarious! :beam:
Posted by: Shanti at August 9, 2004 11:29 AM
Can we get lots of singing and dancing, too?
Also, let’s change the time period to somewhere in the late 1800s, so that the conception must be done in the old-fashioned way. Lots of potential for additional plot twists…
Posted by: David Foster at August 10, 2004 4:15 PM
David, that sounds like a great idea. An 1800s setting also calls for a director like Bhansali (“Devdas”), so we can lots of gorgeous costumes and beautiful jewelry.
Posted by: Shanti at August 11, 2004 8:33 AM