tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post8650965741297179718..comments2024-03-24T14:03:33.932-07:00Comments on Every 70s Movie: 1980 Week: A Change of Seasons & The Last Married Couple in America & Loving CouplesBy Peter Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-49184281528980283732017-07-27T13:17:47.738-07:002017-07-27T13:17:47.738-07:00"Last Married Couple" is atrocious and d..."Last Married Couple" is atrocious and deserves a LAME rating. Stuck with me as one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Watched it again recently (because I'm a masochist) and time has only made it worse. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06950534934006013709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-56640497287077084432017-07-27T09:10:18.995-07:002017-07-27T09:10:18.995-07:00Loving Couples:
I recall that when this picture w...<i>Loving Couples</i>:<br /><br />I recall that when this picture was announced as about to start production, the part of Shirley MacLaine's husband was earmarked for Johnny Carson.<br />This was during one of Carson's periodic contract dances with NBC, where he would threaten to quit <i>Tonight</i> unless he got whatever he asked for (the joke went that although Carson wasn't shy, he was always retiring).<br />This got quite a bit of publicity, because apart from an as-himself cameo in something back in the '60s, Carson had never acted in a movie before.<br />Another story went that MacLaine had pitched the project to Carson personally; she had a high opinion of Johnny, and was convinced that he'd be a smash on the big screen.<br />All of that became academic when Carson and NBC came to terms on <i>Tonight</i>, the producers went to the equally white-haired James Coburn, and <i>Loving Couples</i> was made and released to no noticeable response.<br /><br />It happens ...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527404061764217504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-88028632628034021352017-07-25T16:07:07.454-07:002017-07-25T16:07:07.454-07:00A Change of Season reminds me of a story told to m...A Change of Season reminds me of a story told to me once. A female acquaintance once went to see the movie with friends albeit reluctantly. After watching a few moments the opening hot tub scene (not particularly happily), she said to her friends "if that woman (Bo Derek) spits out water, I'm leaving. True to form Bo complied on the screen, and she and her friends left the theater. Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01050857323785108411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-46627006249666750412017-07-25T14:27:36.613-07:002017-07-25T14:27:36.613-07:00As these movies unintentionally speak to white-mal...As these movies unintentionally speak to white-male privilege, yes. If made with integrity, similar stories told from the person-of-color perspective would integrate issues not present here, such as impediments to economic advancement, the pressures within professional spheres for POCs to defy stereotypes, and the impact prejudice has on how POCs move through daily life. The protagonists in these movies experience American life with a freedom unique to successful white men, hence their feelings of entitlement for extramarital sexual gratification, their frustration when wives demand equal standing within relationships, and so on. For instance, the college professor played by Hopkins in "A Change of Seasons" presumably would get a few raised eyebrows from peers for sleeping with a student (if not outright professional rebuke), but his actions wouldn't activate prejudicial confirmation bias validating stereotypes, as would happen were the same character black.By Peter Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-41350998169230416692017-07-25T12:19:44.367-07:002017-07-25T12:19:44.367-07:00Any necessity in referring to them as "middle...Any necessity in referring to them as "middle-aged white men" instead of simply middle-aged men?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04411734031248578085noreply@blogger.com