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“Why didn’t you use a condom or, for humanity’s sake, get a vasectomy?” snarls Lily Tomlin in her new film, Grandma.

One of the great pleasures of getting older is that it offers opportunities, not so much for telling truth to power, as telling truth to smug, libidinous, adolescent jerks.

“Who is this?” incredulous jerk asks girlfriend. “My grandma,” girlfriend replies. The unsuitable suitor has just impregnated Tomlin’s granddaughter during a one-night stand, prompting her to ask granny for $630 for an abortion. When the jerk cheeks Tomlin, she seizes his ice hockey stick and administers a blow to his crown jewels. Had that blow been struck just before the one-night stand it would surely have precluded the need for the loan. TheGuardian.com