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NO ONE TO LOLLIE'S PARTY! WHAT AN INSULT!!!

posted 16 years ago by HillieBoliday
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My goodness...would it have been that terrible to come to Lollie's birthday
party? Come on now....she was such a sweet, nice and likeable girl!

I understand about the social "mores" so to speak, and of course,
this was just a movie, and the writer wrote the story the way it is;
but I think that was most hurtful and insulting that NO ONE showed up
to a NICE GIRL's party!

I could have understood it better if Lollie had been a jealous, envious,
coveting, complaining brat; but she was totally the opposite.

They should have been nice to her and been there!

"OOO...I'M GON' TELL MAMA!"

[–] snsurone 16 years ago

Stella's conduct on the train with Ed Munn was noticed by two of Lollie's teachers, who then spread gossip to their students' parents. The parents, in turn, forbade their children from attending the party. Typical small-town snobbery.

So you see, the fault was not with Lollie's schoolmates; the fault lay with their parents, their teachers--even to Stella.

[–] HillieBoliday 16 years ago

Thank for reminding me about that scene....I had forgotten.

"OOO...I'M GON' TELL MAMA!"

[–] Blondfashionisto 15 years ago

It's heartbreaking! Poor Lollie...

‘Six inches is perfectly adequate; more is vulgar!' (Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Re: an open window).

[–] sitfan-2 15 years ago

Yes,you did feel sorry for her .

[–] beetiesmom 14 years ago

Poor Laurel did indeed get her first good look into the snobbery and, in the future, upper-class caste system golden gate that would eventually separate her from her mother. The party was bad enough; I was also furious with Stephen who came to get Laurel to take her back with him on Christmas Eve (no less!), decides to spend more time with Laurel and Stella until that fat-head Ed Munn inserts himself into the family scene, then changes his mind, telling Stella that "he couldn't get his ticket changed after all" (Liar!), just so he could whisk Stella out of there. Shame, shame.....

[–] hodie 11 years ago

Nasty old biddies on the train. They needed a good dose of itching powder.

Get me a bromide! And put some gin in it!

[–] beetiesmom 11 years ago

Actually, they were young girls Laurel's age, who had palled around with her while she and her mother Stella were staying at that swanky resort----yes, they were about as catty as they come, but it did shake some sense into Stella's bleached-blonde head as to how she was hurting her own child.