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Rory is turning 21 in a few days in ‘Twenty-One is the Loneliest Number‘ and Lorelai, though pouting about her dream to take Rory to Atlantic City to be playing 21 when Rory turned 21, is still not willing to reach out to her. Lorelai will help Rory when she decides she wants to return to school, and not earlier (immaturity we’ve talked about at length already). Anyway, Rory is dreaming that it’s 4:03 on her birthday and, instead of Lorelai waking her up like she does every year to tell her the story of her birth… it’s Madeleine Albright?!
Why Madeleine Albright, the first female US Secretary of State? Why would Rory dream that Madeleine was her mother? I get the whole “voice of your mother” thing, as a channel for Rory wanting to see her mother again. But I don’t understand why Madeleine Albright was that voice for Rory. Another powerful and respected woman in her life, perhaps? What do you think?
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512 days ago
In her mind, her mom COULD DO or be ANYTHING, even President or at least Secretary of State.
Or maybe she wishes that her mom was a little more stable like the first Lady Secretary of State.
Just saying.
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512 days ago
Just ASP having a little “shock-value” fun in picking a woman of substance who you might otherwise think was unapproachable for a cameo appearance. Amazing over the last 15 years how the lines between real politics and pop-culture have been so blurred together.
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512 days ago
Yeah, I’m pretty sure it was just a “look who WE got to make a cameo” moment…and it was supposed to be a little random (like dreams tend to be).
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512 days ago
If I told you some of the dreams I had you would think this one quite normal lol. Dreamt the other night i met a guy i used to work with and though my god he must have lost weight, he is so much sorter!!!
Remember when Lorelai was having dreams that she died in all sorts of weird ways – who knows what goes on when we sleep.
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