Learn Something New

They say you should read the scriptures over and over because you can learn something new each time.

I believe the same applies to watching the same movies repeatedly. Just when you thought there was nothing new to be gleaned from the nth viewing of the 1983 classic film Mr. Mom:

In the opening scene, Carolyn comes in to wake up Jack. I don't know if I ever before caught that she tells him that his shower is ready. So the water is just running and running while he pulls himself out of bed and gets to the bathroom. And then there is another scene at the end where Jack is standing in the bathroom while the shower just runs and runs while the mirror fogs up. The Butlers were not very green. This type of wastefulness would not fly in 2009.

On Carolyn's first day of work, she comes out sporting a nice professional outfit. One of her accessories is a HUGE digital watch.

I never picked up on this before, but the movie actually reveals the timeline of the story - it takes place over the course of three months. How do I know this? At the beginning, Jack is telling the lineworkers not to worry about the Lions because it's still the preseason - which would put the beginning of the film in August. And then the climactic scenes take place as Carolyn flies off to California on Halloween night.