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Movie Review: What “Bad Moms” Says About Dads.

Let’s get this straight. I’m on the edge of 38, a therapist, father of two boys under the age of four, and yes – I went to see the movie Bad Moms on my own, by myself, with no shame. Until I realized the place was packed with women. Lots of women. They slowly filled the theater in large groups clutching small purses and fancy drinks, and it hit me that this was a thing. I had crashed girls night. There was only one other man in the entire room and he was clearly with his partner. So here I was, at the Alamo Drafthouse in South Austin, among the last few empty seats in the top-back row as if to announce, “look at the weird man who came here alone.” The woman to my left made this obvious with