Way more disturbing watching this in 2025 then when it first came out. When I was younger I just thought ugh, guys are gross, and women are bitches. Watching it now, you could write a thesis on gender roles and the perpetuation of violence against women and boys.
Lots of memorable, funny lines, and Winona is as adorable as I remembered.
The end was so “All That Jazz,” but the gross as fuck version.
Took in some cinematic history at the Greenville Drive-In on a rainy, foggy night. The film’s art production and special effects were incredibly impressive for the time period and seeing it on the big screen at the drive-in was a magical experience. Being that it’s 2024, however, the racist and sexist undertones of the film, and by extension, the era, cannot and should not be ignored. Interestingly enough, the picture simultaneously seems to be critical of the very stereotypical tropes…
