2010/07/27 New York
Lunch
Couple
A.O. Scott was raving about the movie “The Kids Are All Right” – directed by Lisa Cholodenko.
It’s a good movie, but I wasn’t as enthusiastic as A.O. Scott.
First of all it isn’t a comedy, as A.O. Scott claims, I would call it a melodrama without violence.
But Scott is right about the originality of the movie. The actors – above all Annette Bening – are terrific and the dialogues are sharp.
Although the movie is about a lesbian couple the sex scenes are mainly between a man and a woman. The one sex scene between two women seemed to be intentionally slapstick.
“The Kids Are All Right” offers a lesson as well: Don’t invite your sperm donor for lunch.
And there is another more hidden message: even a lesbian couple needs a penis from time to time.
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A penis? A dildo you mean.
Indeed, when you make an all american movie with lebians the penis message has to be in it, if it's not the lesbians must be turned into furious feminists.
Arnon
Could you please inform your mother that I'm completely smitten by her, that I even stopped smoking for her and that it is my secretive desire to become her mistress.Mieke
You are a doll!Careca .
Are you a lesbian?Dens
Right now i'm a furious feminist (male).Hereby I wonder what gay men need from time to time. Or hetero men? Or hetero women?
(I am afraid, from time to time, we all need our toys – even the real living toys)
(I am afraid, from time to time, we all need our toys – even the real living toys)
Bernard f
We all need each other, the problem is not at the same time and in the same act.@Careca
Yes.
Yes.
Have you ever considered yourself a joy -toy; Bernd?
@David Duinker
Oh yes, even at a very early age (although success was not guaranteed, on the contrary).
Oh yes, even at a very early age (although success was not guaranteed, on the contrary).
Funny I never have.. Funny how a neologism like joy - toy has a memory back to the dark early eigthies -
Duinker
Joy division? I associate that with a fictional part of world war II.Wishful thinking?
If the message is that hidden, instead of a message, it might be the wishful thinking of a heteroseksual man.?
How can we reverse this obvious lesbian need to gay men?Dear Mieke,
I am not aware of such hidden joy- devisional parts of any W.O. for that matter. Tell me more about it-
I am not aware of such hidden joy- devisional parts of any W.O. for that matter. Tell me more about it-
Penis
"Even a lesbian couple needs a penis from time to time."Ain't we all?..
Extract, i say: all given pre-existant notions about the selfs you were exploring . Maybe, you know.
Hi Arnon,
I am on the Upper-Westside of town - thanks for letting me thrue.
I am on the Upper-Westside of town - thanks for letting me thrue.
Scheveningen
...dialogue is sharp.[ Add comment ]
