r/nextfuckinglevel Aug 13 '21

Firefighter snatches suicide jumper out of mid air

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u/Mr-Stuff-Doer Aug 13 '21

My favorite line in that KIDS movie

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u/JustCosmo Aug 13 '21

Kids movies are always so dark. Like why does a parent always have to be dead??

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u/Dweebl Aug 13 '21

Because then the kid has free agency. And then the kid watching it gets to explore what it would be like to go on an adventure like that because good parents would never allow it.

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u/thekickastronaut Aug 13 '21

And because the parent-kid connection is something you can bet on just about every kid can relate to. Romance? Work? School? Not necessarily