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It's only 1 year later already we have a remake of Pretty Woman - except this time the main pretty female character is a well-to-do lawyer instead of an impoverished sex worker and the corporate raider we start with is a short and dumpy and witty gentleman with some depth of character, instead of tall, handsome, and relatively shallow man.. Danny DeVito does an excellent job of acting like a corporate raider. Penelope Ann Miller does an excellent job of acting like a skilled attorney and skilled negotiator. Maybe it is helpful for Danny and Penelope that they have a pretty good script. Yes, I liked Other People's Money better Pretty Woman because it portrays people as being complex and having internal conflicts, rather than portrays some people as being basically good and other people as being kind of evil. Other People's Money is more realistic I think. I thought Other People's Money had more profondeur to it.

The less frequently I eat a Haiti-grown mango in the US, the better one tastes when I finally get ahold of one. The less frequently you use any opioid, the better it works when you need it for pain.

The movie shows what can happen to people if they use opioids, or stimulants, without sufficient understanding, or care, about their benefits verses their risks, if you use them indiscriminately. It shows some of the worst effects of opioids and the worst effects of stimulants. It also shows how people in the medical profession and the criminal justice system, may sometimes treat people disparagingly who self-administer drugs. The movie is very heavy-handed. While there are some physicians who may prescribe stimulant diet pills without real care or concern for their patients, most physicians do not prescribe such drugs. You should indeed be careful if a physician prescribes them, without warning you of the risks.

I need to periodically have a painful procedure. Propofol and fentanyl, given by an anesthesiologist, physician, or nurse, have made me much more comfortable during the procedure, and I either do not completely fall asleep, or fall asleep for about 10 minutes and wake up without any noticeable after-effects. These drugs are a blessing when used knowledgably. They are not all-bad, as the movie implies. And that's why I called the movie a propaganda movie.

Ellen Burstyn gives a very moving soliloquy on the subject of being an aging woman. Really to the point, and moving. That was the only part of the movie that thought was worth seeing.

Sidney Easton gets transported to another planet. This happens 25 years before Startrek! Sidney Easton is THE KING on this planet. However I think ANYONE would feel like a a king. If they were on a planet inhabited by Louis Armstrong and his ensemble - and they took out their instruments. I know I did. You will too.