Incredible Shrinking Men

Somewhere, an article should analyze and headline should highlight that SOMEONE (actually more, unless the ticket was really expensive) went to see "Daddy Day Camp" last week — at least according to the Rotten Tomatoes report of movie grosses through the Oct. 7 weekend.

"The Darjeeling Limited," another-but-better-received picture with daddy issues, was in 177 fewer theaters (196 to 19) but managed to outticket DDC ($.6m to .1m). Not quite sure what this means in terms of father-subtexted features or the general (or movie specific) economic scene, but reviews or not, I was lucky to escape DDC and will probably need to arrange a grown-up night out (maybe just wait for the weekend and sleepover requests to come in) to check out TDL.

** Screens shrink dads. The more they see them in the movies or on tv, the less change of them thinking fathers (particularly theirs) are larger than life. **