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Sexist Drivel is NOTHING like Hitchcock!

posted 10 years ago by Hermies_Purrbuckets
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I recall Charade as being a big deal when it came out. An intentional imitation of a Hitchcock. Finally saw it on TV. Wow, what a stinker! Middle-aged pig Cary Grant bullying waifish Audrey Hepburn, while hams like Walter Matthau and George Kennedy chew up the scenery. The plot is so sloppy and contrived, one could never mistake this tripe for Hitchcock. And that horrible Henry Mancini theme song - yech! Finally, the over-long film ends with Audrey squealing like a pig when Cary demands that she marry him! Paging Gloria Steinem! Seriously, was pathetic sexist drivel like this ever really considered as "good cinema?"

[–] MsELLERYqueen2 10 years ago

I love this movie. Nothing sexist about it, and I don't see why it has to be anything like Hitchcock. I love the Mancini music.

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💕 JimHutton (1934-79) and ElleryQueen 👍

[–] louiseculmer 10 years ago

I love it too, and it is not at all sexist.

[–] MsELLERYqueen2 10 years ago

I still have no idea what's sexist about this movie.

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💕 JimHutton (1934-79) and ElleryQueen 👍

[–] tyrany 9 years ago

Interestingly, Cary Grant initially refused to do the movie because the original script called for him to be the romantic aggressor. He felt uncomfortable about that, given the age difference between the characters. The writers then rewrote the script to make Reggie the romantic aggressor and Cary Grant signed on.

[–] Injinn 9 years ago

It was an excellent decision. Seeing Hepburn play the pursuer was a breath of fresh air. There were a ton of films that showed the dashing man courting the timid woman -- then here comes Charade that shows an intelligent, classy woman pursuing her own love interest. There were very few roles at that time that allowed the woman to be the aggressor without her coming across as some opinionated slut.

This film was anything but sexist; it was actually surprisingly strong in the way they allowed Reggie to be the hunter, without turning her into a sex-hungry temptress.

[–] rpartrid-2 9 years ago

this is a definition of trolling

[–] kino66 9 years ago

this is a definition of trolling

don't feed the trolls

[–] Thereturnofmyrtle 9 years ago

I beg to differ, sir.

[–] bradelli 9 years ago

Good one, obvious TROLLING!

[–] rrb_1 9 years ago

OP: God, get some help.