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dvd extras Back to Your Mom How Back to the Future made incest fun for the whole family. By Juliet Lapidos Posted Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at 7:08 AM ET When Back to the Future came out 25 years ago, I was too young to see it in theaters. But once I reached video-rental age I kept it--along with E.T. and Clue--in heavy rotation. Starring Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, a 1980s teenager who accidentally travels back to 1955 and must make his way, as the title has it, back to the future, it's a natural kid's choice. Then again, it deals with topics usually left to adults or, more specifically, to Scandinavian adults: having sex with your parents and encouraging your parents to have sex in front of you. In elementary school, I was only dimly aware of these incestuous themes. If you've graduated from eighth grade, you can't miss them. I rewatched Back to the Future on the occasion of its quarter-century anniversary (it's newly available in Blu-ray), and can attest that incest is absolutely central to the plot. What's genius about Back to the Future, however, is that it still manages to be unfailingly PG. It's a film about having sex with your family that's family-friendly. To continue reading, click here. Juliet Lapidos is a Slate* associate editor.* Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Saletan: Boehner Has Been Thrust Into Leadership but Doesn't Want It Angle's Tea Party Supporters Refuse To Believe She's the Reason Reid Won Troy Patterson on the TV Gimmicks From Last Night's Election Coverage	Advertisement
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dvd extras Back to Your Mom How Back to the Future made incest fun for the whole family. By Juliet Lapidos Posted Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, at 7:08 AM ET When Back to the Future came out 25 years ago, I was too young to see it in theaters. But once I reached video-rental age I kept it--along with E.T. and Clue--in heavy rotation. Starring Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, a 1980s teenager who accidentally travels back to 1955 and must make his way, as the title has it, back to the future, it's a natural kid's choice. Then again, it deals with topics usually left to adults or, more specifically, to Scandinavian adults: having sex with your parents and encouraging your parents to have sex in front of you. In elementary school, I was only dimly aware of these incestuous themes. If you've graduated from eighth grade, you can't miss them. I rewatched Back to the Future on the occasion of its quarter-century anniversary (it's newly available in Blu-ray), and can attest that incest is absolutely central to the plot. What's genius about Back to the Future, however, is that it still manages to be unfailingly PG. It's a film about having sex with your family that's family-friendly. To continue reading, click here. Juliet Lapidos is a Slate* associate editor.* Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Saletan: Boehner Has Been Thrust Into Leadership but Doesn't Want It Angle's Tea Party Supporters Refuse To Believe She's the Reason Reid Won Troy Patterson on the TV Gimmicks From Last Night's Election Coverage	Advertisement
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Culturebox: Back to Your Mom

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