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obamanut2012

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12. This reminds me of Scott Glenn's character in "Urban Cowboy"

Reply to Starry Messenger (Original post)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 05:30 PM

Jan 2013

Remember? A real cowboy, and when Debra Winger's character's husband (John Travolta) left her because she wasn't servile enough, she became Glenn's woman. He physically and emotionally abused her, literally broke her sassy spirit.

Things ended happily in the movie, and it was just a movie, but this reminds me of that for some reason.

That woman has deep issues. This isn't a case of a consensual BSDM relationship.

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Yet she is an accepted source for DU obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #10

This reminds me of Scott Glenn's character in "Urban Cowboy" obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #12

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