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- From: estrayer@netcom.com (Eric Strayer)
- Subject: The Cook...Lover/women's response
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.060611.25351@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 06:06:11 GMT
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- 9:19PM 12/26/92
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- Regarding the movie The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover,
- I have some comments, but more importantly, some questions.
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- First, I was introduced to it by my twenty-four-year-old son.
- He was quite keen on it. I, being not quite twice his age,
- found it interesting cinematically, but dull in language,
- limited in scope, short on anything approaching a philosophical
- message or social comment (at least with any consistency) and,
- in short, childish catharsism. I didn't like it, but I certainly
- wouldn't condemn it.
-
- Now the important stuff. My wife did! Condemn it that is.
- She took such offense that by the point of the sadistic
- torturing of the singing youth, she left the room (I saw it on video).
- Later she told me that she was deeply offended. This reached
- the point emotionally that I was targeted for a spell and
- then all men became the target, and finally she settled
- down and claimed that only insensitive (or very young
- and stupid) men would like anything in that movie.
-
- Well, I challenged her (a mistake?) and said that I
- would look for a group on the net that talked about
- movies and would poll them for opinion.
-
- But I see that there aren't many women posting to
- these groups. While I don't want to discourage the
- opinions of men I do however, somehow want to encourage
- the opinion of women.
-
- If this kind of topic isn't part of your regular
- discussion then just send email directly to me.
- I'd be much in your debt.
-
- *** Specifically I want to know if women find the
- film particularly offensive to women, and if they
- consider this to be a normal or expected reaction.
- From the men, I don't have any specific questions
- but comments pertaining to the questions I pose to
- the women will still be appreciated.***
-
- Bon Apetite!
-
- Eric
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- AKA Running Wolf, tail in teeth, howellll
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