Somebody strangle Don Murray
His volume turned way up "likable rodeo dope" is excruciating.
Bus Stop is the loud, leading the ignorant, for the benefit of the stupid. Hate this movie
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What made me cringe is that I know somebody like that.
Pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space 'cos its bugger all down here on Earth.
Has to be the most irritating character I've seen in ages!
"Nice girls don't wear cha-cha heels"
THAT'S exactly right.
The cowboy character is SUPPOSED to be obnoxious and irritating to we, the audience; at first anyway...
Later on toward the end of the film we feel pity for him and actually begin to empathize with him.
I actually enjoyed watching him get some sense and humility knocked into him by the bus driver. Even Virg was 'agin him... Bo had to grow-up A LOT in those few minutes after the beating; it would not have been easy to do, that's for sure. But he was a better man for it, wasn't he?
Exactly, trf100!
*beep* you and your pomme frites."
The cowboy character is SUPPOSED to be obnoxious and irritating to we, the audience; at first anyway...
Later on toward the end of the film we feel pity for him and actually begin to empathize with him.
You stated it very well. Unfortunately, I think that for many contemporary audiences, Beau is more than just irritating - he basically terrorizes Cheri though most of the film and kidnaps her. I can see this being difficult for modern audiences.
But as annoying as Beau is earlier, the final scene is absolutely brilliant! Beau goes through a ton of growth as a character and Murray and Monroe are perfect in their roles.
It really is a marvelous film. share
I'm watching the movie right now on ThisTV network. Yikes! What a dolt!
Not having seen the original New York play I wonder if the film followed the play. Maybe Bo's character was OK on stage but on film it is over the top.
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I hated the film!
It was idiotic at best!
All the depth of a mirror!
Joshua Logan was an unsung genius. Monroe's best director IMO. never a dull moment, everybody had their own agenda in the movie, so pointed, the mating game in all directions, the craziness it creates.
Anyone who doubts Monroe was a great actress, only needs to watch this film. The character, motivation, every aspect, impeccable, watchable, utterly entertaining - no small feat in front of that remorseless eye, the camera. Plenty of truth there. Dig a little more deeply, Mr Shallow as a Mirror!
Don't blame actor, Don Murray. Blame the director for putting Don Murray up to this too-obvious, in-your-face, over-the-top-overacting. Murray was clearly a proficient actor as later demonstrated in IRONSIDE. Murray could have only done this outrageous overacting of Bo at the director's instigation.
Had the director toned down Bo's overacting persona to more even-tempered and matured, the bullying of Cherie would still exist but take on more a more subtle, adult tone instead of the temper-tantrums of the man-child, Bo Decker. Bo's character would have been more nuanced and finessed instead of the caricature that he portrayed on the screen. The fistfight towards the end which changes Bo for the better would still be useful to the storyline and more credible.
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The cowboy character is SUPPOSED to be obnoxious and irritating to we, the audience; at first anyway...
Later on toward the end of the film we feel pity for him and actually begin to empathize with him.
Despite the supposed change of Bo near the end, I still and never was convinced of any goodness within his character. The utter arrogance, self - centered notions and narrow - mindedness Bo contained was extremely frustrating to witness for the majority of Bus Stop that it extinguished any sympathy towards him.
"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not".