Hollywood finds sperm hilarious—donating it, stealing it (or both, as in Ted 2, out this week), spraying it, accidentally drinking it, whatever. That is a comedy well that never runs dry—or a dramatic one, for that matter. Because what easier way to bring up issues around identity, family, and responsibility than by throwing in a plot line that reunites donor with offspring? Below, a lovin’ spoonful of some of those seminal—semenal?—works of big and small screen.
