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Donna's father

posted 10 years ago by chihuahuaboydh-724-612855
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He's really overprotective of his daughter. He won't let Donna see Ritchie because he's of the Chicano persuasion (a.k.a. Ritchie's not white) & the father's always making up excuse after excuse as for his daughter's "absence". He's one prejudiced character. I'll bet he was happy when Ritchie was killed. Pathetic S.O.B.. Donna should have taken a stand against her father in favor of Ritchie. Poor Donna.

Larry Appleton: "I have..."
Balki Bartokomous: "Oh, God!"
Larry Appleton: "...a plan!"

[–] Eric_Northman77 10 years ago

Saw a documentary many years ago on vh1 about Ritchie. Donna stated that her father didn't let her attend Ritchie's funeral, and that she resented him for many years because of that.

[–] jcwaddle 9 years ago

Her Mom had no backbone, then again back in those days..the Wife did as the Husband stood by.

[–] sargesmash 9 years ago

Oh yeah, he was extremely prejudiced, as most people were at that time, and still are to a certain degree. Sounded like an old loudmouth that nobody had the guts to stand up to.

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[–] deem_bastille 9 years ago

watching this for the first time, only about an hour into it and I have a theory.

a mustached, drunken, 'have to rape her to have sex' theory.

yeh. his brother was trash. so probably her father saw what happened at that dance, saw his brother had started that brawl, saw/heard Ritchie get involved with the brawl and made his decision about what kind of family this is.

[bwahahaha... a child, A GIRL FOR THAT MATTER, taking a stand against a parent in the fifties??? hahahaha!]

Oh God. Fortune vomits on my eiderdown once more.

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[–] academas-177-729004 8 years ago

Just wow

[–] redban (6776) 3 years ago

The movie’s setting is 1950s America - before the civil rights act and such. There was racism all over the country then