Thora Birch and her Friends
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Thora Birch starred in many dumb movies as a child. Monkey Trouble with Keitel, All I Want For Christmas, Hocus Pocus are all movies that I haven't seen, and since she wasn't a teen when they were made it would be creepy for me to even comment on this section of her body of work. It wasn't until she stole the show as one of the 12 year old girls in Now and Then that Thora began to be noticed as a seriously talented actress. Her character name was ironically enough, Tina "Teeney" Turcell in Now and Then. Little did anyone know at the time that soon after the release of this movie, her career as a child actor would come screeching to a halt due to her development of Size DD boobs.
Which gets us to the heart of the matter. Thora was swell in the finely acted and Academy Award winning American Beauty. Not only did she bang some weirdo who loves floating plastic bags, she flashed those gigantic meat balloons of her's for the world to see. Good bless her parents for signing consent, as Thora was only 16 when this scene was filmed. Oh my! (Sidenote: Mena Suvari trying to get Mr. Spacey up in her was kind of cool too.)
In 2000, Thora played the graphic novel character Enid in Ghost World. This movie is significant for a couple reasons. One, Buscemi is super as a nerdy record collector. Two, without nudity and despite changing hair colors, Thora manages to look like a hot chubby girl with problems. Finally, we are introduced to another babe actress by the name of Scarlett Johanson who plays Enid's best friend.
Of course, I was convinced after seeing Thora in both American Beauty and Ghost World that she was going to become a very strong leading lady a la Scarlett has, but this wasn't the case. I think Thora messed up by playing a significat role in Dungeons and Dragons the movie. (Ugh.) You know what I say. Whip them out Thora and get back your career!
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I've also read that Thora's mom was a porn "actress" in the 70's.
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