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Entertainment & Sports

May 6, 2000

Her 30th Birthday Means Plastic Surgery, God

Dicta: On 'Ally McBeal' By Rebecca Lulow Ally McBeal turned 30 this week, and in celebration, David E. Kelley treated his audience to a superficial, narrow view of American women. Ally's birthday brought about anxiety regarding her wrinkles and the lack of a man in her life. To address these seriously grave "impairments," Ally visited a plastic surgeon and tried to join a church to meet men.


By Rebecca Lulow
         Ally McBeal turned 30 this week, and in celebration, David E. Kelley treated his audience to a superficial, narrow view of American women. Ally's birthday brought about anxiety regarding her wrinkles and the lack of a man in her life. To address these seriously grave "impairments," Ally visited a plastic surgeon and tried to join a church to meet men.
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