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Christian's speech in 50 shades of grey...


made me laugh so hard I cried. "I donated to help feed starving people in the world because I know what it's like to be extremely hungry, this is very personal to me." What the *beep* were the writers of this *beep* thinking? This gross *beep* says in front of a huge audience he understand what it's like to starve to death because he is super horny? What the *beep*

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He was very hungry all of his early childhood,when at age 4.he was placed in foster care, and several months later he was adopted by the Grey family...his "mother" kept telling him he didn't need to hide food under his bed, or in his closet, or in his shoes..if he was hungry, she tell her and he could have food..He said nothing about being horny to the graduating class.

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Did you even read the books? Christian was starved...he was being raised by a crack whore mom. He went without food for days ...He was abused by his mom's pimp. He was hungry all the time... So he finally got a family who loved him? Like you would forget the abuse that easy? You do remember what it feels like to be hungry...no matter what you'r age.

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When E.L. James came out with "Grey" which is from Christian's side of the story, I scanned through it and noticed it was a lot worse than what was mentioned in the other books. There was one part where his mom's pimp shows up with another guy, tells her that if she does it right then she will get what she wants, then he tosses Christian in a closet and tells him not to come out.

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Lol, no, I didn't read the books, is that your question to everyone who says something critical of this trash?

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Why was Christian so spammy?

ZeWhiteRockSalesman?

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Awwwwww *beep* ZeTunaSalesman??? Finding me on the 50 shades of grey boards??? Awwww *beep* I'm blushing

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Beep Beep, Richie.

ZeWhiteRockSalesman?

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Send in the Clown...from the sewers...

hey, they are making a new movie about It..I have seen the photos of a certain clown on the Internet..

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I know folks love to make fun of this film and the books of course, islunding, but in Fifty Shades Freed when Ana sees the photo of Christian at 4-5 years old in his foster home and he's so tiny she thought he was much, much younger, it broke my heart.

And when Ana realizes he's that tiny as a result of neglect and extreme malnutrition up that point, holding his dirty little child's blanket for comfort (made me wonder if when he was rescued he was clinging to it and would not let go because it had his mum's scent), who can handle that without your heart hurting and a tear for Little Bird?

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I'm guessing you mean this bit:

The first photo is of a shabby house with a yellow front door and a large gabled window in the roof. It has a porch and a small front yard. It’s an unremarkable house. The second photo is of a family—at first glance, an ordinary bluecollar family—a man and his wife, I think, and their children. The adults are both dressed in dowdy, overwashed blue T-shirts. They must be in their forties. The woman has scraped-back blond hair, and the man a severe buzz-cut, but they are both smiling warmly at the camera. The man has his hand draped over the shoulders of a sullen teenage girl. I gaze at each of the children: two boys—identical twins, about twelve—both with sandy blond hair, grinning broadly at the camera; there’s another boy, who’s smaller, blonder, scowling; and hiding behind him, a copper-haired gray-eyed little boy. Wide-eyed and scared, dressed in mismatched clothes, and clutching a child’s dirty blanket.

*beep* “This is you,” I whisper, my heart lurching into my throat. I know Christian was four when his mother died. But this child looks much younger. He must have been severely malnourished. I stifle a sob as tears spring to my eyes. Oh, my sweet Fifty.

Christian nods. “That’s me.”


Meh, I didn't find it all that emotionally moving. Maybe if it were in a different context, I can see how it would be sad. The problem is that this bit was only a small detail incidental to a larger plot that was downright silly, and I was too busy complaining about that to be saddened by Christian's malnutrition.

Another thing that really bothered me about these books was the portrayal of Christian's bio-mom, so much so that it inspired a fanfic. The woman wasn't a saint, but she was clearly a victim of an incredibly abusive man. Yet Christian puts the blame almost entirely on her, while the pimp barely gets a mention. And it never gets properly addressed. It seemed like a missed opportunity.

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As a mom, that was pretty difficult to read...the frozen peas..as far as Christian goes..all this happened from birth to 4 years old...that is what he remembers..

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CobblersAwls I sent you a pm

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