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Million Dollar Breezy

posted 16 years ago by theroopsmith
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I had a bit of dumb fun trying to draw parralells between the relationship of Breezy w/ Frankie and "Million Dollar Baby" Maggie w/ um trainer...Frankie. Aaah! Was I the only one who picked up on that?

Seems that the over optimistic and naive Breezy was like that of Maggie, both were free spirits, or at least yearning to be free and both seemed to find that freedom in the hands of the older man, each sporting a bit of a daddy complex.

Maggie and Frankie had some allusions toward starting a life together, although for the most part Million dollar Frankie seemed to want to be more of a parental figure to Maggie than have a intimate relationship. But there are some "awkward moments" where in other circumstances sexual desire and intimacy would have been natural.

I'm mindful that Million Dollar Frankie was righting his mysterious wrongs with his daughter through Maggie but there were definite scenes in which the two did seem to have a want for something more.

Eastwood explored this narrative through Breezy and Frankie (Holden) 31 yrs earlier and it never gets any less complex in all that time.

Kay Lenz seemed to be a softer version of Hilary Swank, but they're very much cast through the same eye.

[–] xrongor 11 years ago

and they look almost identical... (the actresses at the time of the roles)

i think all this says more about clint himself than anything.

"You only need matches and balls and I got those"

[–] hockeyhrs 9 years ago

You can find parallels everywhere . . . .

Compare & contrast William Holden's relationship with Maggie McNamara in the 1953 movie "The Moon is Blue" vs. his relationship with Kay Lenz in "Breezy".

Aside from the Holden character's relationship with the two female leads, the two movies are remarkable in demonstrating how social mores had changed in just 20 years.