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Yay for Million Dollar Baby. I loved that film and I'm thrilled to see that critics are understanding that the film is a story and not necessarily a social commentary on assisted suicide. As Ellen Goodman puts it:

‘‘Million Dollar Baby’’ is no more a movie about assisted suicide than ‘‘The Aviator’’ is about obsessive-compulsive disorder and ‘‘Sideways’’ is about alcoholism.

Or perhaps I love the movie so much because it is for me a commentary on what it means to live rather than just to breathe. Hear me now: if I'm ever dependent on machines, take me off. Not interested.*

*I wonder if a blog can function as a living will if it came right down to it. Sue, that's your job, so print this out.