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another film-from-the-eighties thread: Pretty Woman

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speakingwoman · 22/07/2018 11:03

followng the Private Benjamin re-appreciation thread - did anyone see Pretty Woman last night?

I first watched it when I was 16.

I have to say, it was 100 times better than I expected and I'd recommended it. Roberts moves her long body like my lanky 15 year old moves his - like she doesn't know what to do with all that length. it's such clever acting - makes you feel so protective towards her.

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Starkstaring · 22/07/2018 11:17

I have always hated Pretty Woman for its portrayal of the happy hooker myth.

LassWiADelicateAir · 22/07/2018 11:15

Pretty Woman is a vile film.

Yet another fictional representation of prostitution where it is prettifyied and glossed over what she really does.

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speakingwoman · 22/07/2018 11:06

also, while there's no female gaze, there are loads of scenes that are all about filming the literal male gaze - but in a critical way, over several minutes.

I think the great thing about old movies is that they talk openly about things that we nowadays try to hide/think are in our past.

it's also very cool that, whilst he takes her to see Traviata, she goes unpunished.....

Really impressed.

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