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That's the way they made movies.  They cut the sex down to a suggestion then nudge the audience in the ribs saying "Hey, you know what we mean."

I never understood Streetcar.  Everyone hates Blanche and then she goes insane and is taken away.  All I got out of it was she wasn't young and she wasn't a virgin.  Is that the problem?  I mean Karl Malden rags on her because she isn't a kid? 

I never understood Streetcar.  Everyone hates Blanche and then she goes insane and is taken away.  All I got out of it was she wasn't young and she wasn't a virgin.  Is that the problem?  I mean Karl Malden rags on her because she isn't a kid? 

I thought it was Anne Hathaway!  She already cut her hair for Les Miserables so why not.

I thought it was Anne Hathaway!  She already cut her hair for Les Miserables so why not.

Didn't she say at some point that she had taken Malik as her lover?  She really emphasized the word as I remember.

Didn't she say at some point that she had taken Malik as her lover?  She really emphasized the word as I remember.

Absolutely.  He and Max from Parenthood are the two most insufferable assholes on TV and we're supposed to accept it because they have brain things.

Absolutely.  He and Max from Parenthood are the two most insufferable assholes on TV and we're supposed to accept it because they have brain things.

I think he reacted like "Yeah, a giant one."  Great line and I'm glad someone else caught it.

I think he reacted like "Yeah, a giant one."  Great line and I'm glad someone else caught it.

It shouldn't be hard to find and capture the killer.  He's obviously a millionaire - a kind of sadistic, evil Batman.  He owns a hotel and can afford what must be a million dollars in machinery.  He can afford to hire the mechanics that would be necessary to install it and has all the time for this since he doesn't

It shouldn't be hard to find and capture the killer.  He's obviously a millionaire - a kind of sadistic, evil Batman.  He owns a hotel and can afford what must be a million dollars in machinery.  He can afford to hire the mechanics that would be necessary to install it and has all the time for this since he doesn't

It's such an incredibly visual film - the elevators, the nuns, New Orleans and Harlem. 

It's such an incredibly visual film - the elevators, the nuns, New Orleans and Harlem. 

It's worse when people brag about not walking out on a film.  Back in the days of porno chic, Godfrey Cambridge bragged about sitting all the way through "Oh, Calcutta" because, although he hated it and was repulsed by it, he didn't want anyone to say later that it got better and he didn't give it a fair chance.  I

It's worse when people brag about not walking out on a film.  Back in the days of porno chic, Godfrey Cambridge bragged about sitting all the way through "Oh, Calcutta" because, although he hated it and was repulsed by it, he didn't want anyone to say later that it got better and he didn't give it a fair chance.  I

"I was having trouble understanding why he wanted her back."

"I was having trouble understanding why he wanted her back."

It just amazes me that tv stars go nuts and start spouting about how filthy their shows are but compliently do the product placement.