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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the original, the two girls were played by Alan Alda's real-life daughters and there was more backstory.

Are the characters supposed to live in Manhattan?[/quote]

recently watched the original movie.

I thought in the movie there's LESS backstory on the daughters and Nick's kid was even more miserable and clinically depressed. I'm glad they gave her more of a voice in the new show, a voice through her awful play. All Nick in the movie does is tell her to smile, smile, smile for ME. Nick in the show played by Steve Carrell at least seemed to care about her and not just having her smile so he can feel better about himself.[/quote]

I'm sure I'm doing some projecting here, but I think this probably reflects a greater appreciation of the impact of divorce on children now than there was 45 years ago. (Or probably not even divorce-specific ... just a more caring attitude toward children generally.)

My bias: my father split for greener pastures in the 70s and never, so far as I'm aware, gave any indication that he recognized this as even an inconvenience to anyone else. My own marriage has been solid, but friends who have gotten divorced seem to make an effort to keep a solid relationship with their children even if they don't get along so well with their exes. [/quote]

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