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(Weirdly, Dabney Coleman appeared in both of these films.)
As Beth, Hendricks is a firebrand whos been dressed in stay-at-home mom clothing for too long.
Annie is the parent, but she also treats her child like a peer.
OnGood Girls, Retta still gets to have her way with sarcastic one-liners.
Instead of merely going grocery shopping, these mothers take money from the grocery store.
These moms dont just put their kids play guns back in the toy box.
They hold onto them and wield them as weapons albeit completely non-dangerous ones during a holdup.
Sometimes they do it in even more fraught situations.
When he has the audacity to tell Beth not to be upset, she loses it.
Why would I be upset?
Beth asks, rage spewing from every pore.
Because every man in the world thinks he can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants?
Like so many women in America, Beth is not simply a good girl.
She is a member of the PTA.
