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Prayers for Bobby

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Prayers for Bobby	label	Prayers for Bobby
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Prayers for Bobby	comment	A 2009 Lifetime movie based on the true story of Bobby Griffith.Bobby is 18 years old, lives with his loving family, goes to church, and... is gay. When his mother (Sigourney Weaver) finds out, she attempts to cure Bobby (Ryan Kelley) with prayers and psychiatric help.None of it works, of course, and Bobby sinks deeper into depression and self-loathing. He finally kills himself... which causes his mother to reevaluate her beliefs about homosexuality.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_143939c1	type	Trailers Always Spoil
Prayers for Bobby / int_143939c1	comment	Trailers Always Spoil: Basically, all the important points in the movie were in the trailer.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_188668f2	type	Redemption Quest
Prayers for Bobby / int_188668f2	comment	Redemption Quest: Mary Griffith, who became a gay rights activist after Bobby's death.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_1a3b588c	type	Suicide Is Shameful
Prayers for Bobby / int_1a3b588c	comment	Suicide Is Shameful: Outright stated at Bobby's funeral by the pastor presiding over it while his parents solemnly listened. His outraged cousin called out Mary for allowing this, which she eventually comes to deeply regret and wrestle with, believing that since Bobby wasn't in his right mind at the time of his death, then God must have realized that it was a mistake and admitted him into Heaven.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_1e584efa	type	Cruel and Unusual Death
Prayers for Bobby / int_1e584efa	comment	Cruel and Unusual Death: Bobby falls backwards off of an overpass and in the path of a large, speeding truck. You can use your imagination as to what was the state of his body.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_20989d05	type	Parents as People
Prayers for Bobby / int_20989d05	comment	Parents as People: A tragic example with Robert and Mary Griffith, they love their children for sure but either have trouble really expressing that love, accepting their children for who they are, or escape to the bottle.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_37085956	type	Gayngst-Induced Suicide
Prayers for Bobby / int_37085956	comment	Gayngst-Induced Suicide: Teenage Bobby comes out and is faced with his mother's attempts to convert him, he fights against this until the church gets involved and then kills himself. The rest of the film is his mom coming to terms with his suicide and then campaigning against homophobia in the church to stop other kids killing themselves.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_443b78cd	type	Tranquil Fury
Prayers for Bobby / int_443b78cd	comment	Tranquil Fury: Mary gets this towards the end when she overhears two homophobic preachers make disparaging comments about a clergyman being "limp-wristed" where she gets up and testifies on public access.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_466ccbb4	type	Gayngst
Prayers for Bobby / int_466ccbb4	comment	Gayngst: Bobby, on account of the fact his mother is a conservative evangelical Christian who believes being gay is a sin and won't accept her son. He eventually commits suicide.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_4852f325	type	I Just Want to Be Normal
Prayers for Bobby / int_4852f325	comment	I Just Want to Be Normal: Bobby.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
Prayers for Bobby / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: Bobby attempts suicide early on. Eventually he throws himself from a bridge into the path of truck and is instantly killed, with the aftermath of his suicide forming the main plot in the second half of the film.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_72852a93	type	Henpecked Husband
Prayers for Bobby / int_72852a93	comment	Henpecked Husband: The therapist that Bobby is taken to (as part of Cure Your Gays) states that most gay men grew up in households where fathers are this trope and mothers are battle-axes. Bobby's father jokes that he had both and is straight.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_868409c	type	Broken Pedestal
Prayers for Bobby / int_868409c	comment	Broken Pedestal: Bobby has this, his siblings joke or lament how he is "the perfect one" and this pedestal gets broken after he is revealed to be gay.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_9591377d	type	Heel Realization
Prayers for Bobby / int_9591377d	comment	Heel Realization: Mary Griffith has one after Bobby kills himself.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_99ddfcec	type	Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Prayers for Bobby / int_99ddfcec	comment	Unwitting Instigator of Doom: After Bobby confides in his big brother Ed about his sexuality and begs him not to tell their devout parents, he tells them anyway out of fear that he'll harm himself over it. Sadly, the fallout from their reactions and the feelings of hurt and betrayal he experiences after the secret getting out drive him to it anyway. Ed himself deals with feelings of regret and guilt in the aftermath on top of his own grief.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_9ce377f1	type	Cure Your Gays
Prayers for Bobby / int_9ce377f1	comment	Cure Your Gays: Mary Griffith's strategy, which drives her son to suicide.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_a90fff3	type	Based on a True Story
Prayers for Bobby / int_a90fff3	comment	Based on a True Story: The film is based on the life of Robert "Bobby" Griffith, a gay young man who committed suicide in 1983 and how his mother became a gay rights advocate after his death.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Prayers for Bobby / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Robert Griffith has his moments amongst his family insanity; the Reverend at the gay affirming Church also has his moments when dealing with Mary.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_b06bbf4b	type	Be Careful What You Wish For
Prayers for Bobby / int_b06bbf4b	comment	Be Careful What You Wish For: Throughout the film, Mary and the majority of the family are either dismayed or disgusted with Bobby's sexuality, even to the point of sending him to therapists and trying to "pray the gay away". This only makes him feel worthless, rejected and ultimately drove him to his final conclusion, even with his mother's statement "I won't have a gay son" being the last thought on his mind.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_b11ac9f5	type	Abusive Parents
Prayers for Bobby / int_b11ac9f5	comment	Abusive Parents: Mary, arguably (film being unique in that the film is partly from her point of view). She forces her religion down her children's throats, in particular Bobby, who she calls "sick" and "perverted" for being gay, trying to 'convert' him. Her actions drive her son to suicide. However, Mary genuinely cares for her children and begins seriously questioning her church's interpretation of Scripture after Bobby's death. In the end, she accepts that her earlier beliefs were wrong and tries to make amends. Given what we have seen of Bobby's very angry, mean, verbally abusive, homophobic (to the point of declaring that gay people should be genocide-ed) maternal grandmother at her birthday party and at Bobby's funeral (where she tells Mary to stop grieving and focus on the guests), it seems that Mary is also on the receiving end of this trope. And yet, even she is crying during Mary's speech at the end.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_bf3d0873	type	Where Everybody Knows Your Flame
Prayers for Bobby / int_bf3d0873	comment	Where Everybody Knows Your Flame: Bobby pays a visit to a local gay bar in his town.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_c10da874	type	The '80s
Prayers for Bobby / int_c10da874	comment	The '80s: Where most of the story, including Bobby's suicide takes place, there is even talk about AIDS.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_ca5eda76	type	Heteronormative Crusader
Prayers for Bobby / int_ca5eda76	comment	Given what we have seen of Bobby's very angry, mean, verbally abusive, homophobic (to the point of declaring that gay people should be genocide-ed) maternal grandmother at her birthday party and at Bobby's funeral (where she tells Mary to stop grieving and focus on the guests), it seems that Mary is also on the receiving end of this trope. And yet, even she is crying during Mary's speech at the end.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_ec1572fb	type	Useless Bystander Parent
Prayers for Bobby / int_ec1572fb	comment	Useless Bystander Parent: Robert Griffith seems to spend more time with his beer than intervening in family matters but when Bobby's friends pick him up for a Rocky Horror screening, he seems to sit by them with an understanding grimace while Mary and Bobby argue.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_f0f03464	type	TheSeventies
Prayers for Bobby / int_f0f03464	comment	The '70s: When the story starts, actually at the very end where men have shaggy hair and there was a move from bell bottoms to straight leg.
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Prayers for Bobby / int_f8600b	type	Cool Big Sis
Prayers for Bobby / int_f8600b	comment	Cool Big Sis: Cousin Jeanette serves this role to Bobby, allowing him to move in with her in Portland and introducing him to some guys.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

Prayers for Bobby	hasFeature	Cure Your Gays / int_3fb99855
Prayers for Bobby	hasFeature	Delayed Family Acceptance / int_3fb99855
Prayers for Bobby	hasFeature	Gayngst-Induced Suicide / int_3fb99855

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