Dire consequences of panty-raiding explored

When a man and a woman are meant for one another, there’s love, then marriage, then John or… When a man and a woman are meant for one another, there’s love, then marriage, then John or Jane in a baby carriage.

But, what if the man and woman are in college? What if there is no marriage? What if the woman tests positive for pregnancy? What then?

Pitt undergrad J. Pinder’s latest film, “The Morning After,” explores these questions and the ethical quandary of women fearing pregnancy and consuming the morning-after pill. Pinder’s moral tale began airing on UPTV on April 14 and will run until the end of this semester.

“The Morning After” stars…and Pinder himself takes on the role of the film’s anti-hero. Whereas “Panty Raider,” which premiered earlier this year, was a farcical saga of Good vs. Evil, “The Morning After” could be considered a drama with comedic elements.

With side effects like nausea, vomiting, infertility, breast tenderness and blood clot formation, there are many physical ailments that could result from the morning-after pill. However, there are even more ethical difficulties.

The moral issues surrounding the morning-after pill don’t seem as though they could be made comical by any means. But the way in which Pinder presents these difficulties to his protagonists is atypical and amusing.

A human-sized rabbit hops into dreams and acts as a catalyst for the decisions that are made. That’s right, you read correctly, a human-sized rabbit.

One of the challenges of writing “The Morning After” was to create characters that weren’t gimmicky or flat. According to Pinder, it was a challenge to convey specific emotions through the absence of dialogue. The expressions worn by the actors had to convey their difficult decisions, failing affections for one another and their inner motivations.

Another challenge that Pinder faced was to create a film with several underlying currents sweeping beneath the surface of the main plot. Although the film centers primarily around the decision to take the morning-after pill or not, it also comments on coping mechanisms.

Pinder explains: “‘The Morning After’ comments on coping mechanisms like food, or the bunny or the TV show