Post 9tHUr7O4A9F0jIIgSW by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
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(DIR) Post #9tHUr3i7pcuTKLeeAa by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T21:07:35Z
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Watching "The Graduate" on the big screen...
(DIR) Post #9tHUr4BC5YA6mVFrTk by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T21:12:00Z
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"Plastics"Ben gets advice of a family friend..in this case the friends are the jet setting martini sons and daughters of the Greatest Generation who were born in the depression and came or age post WWII.
(DIR) Post #9tHUr4ecK9hKFl1MLA by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T21:15:59Z
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Here Ben provides a ride to o e of the wives...obviously the privilege of the characters is well established...as is Ben's anxiety of being around his "jet set" parents. Here is the original "milf"...but in this context...the older woman. She begins her seduction.
(DIR) Post #9tHUr51IxnqVO7dThg by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T21:25:47Z
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"Mrs. Robinson you are trying to seduce me."Ben realizes that yes, Mrs. Robinson is indeed seducing him. A shocking proposition for 1967 movie going sensibilities...but shows for the first time the unaddressed complexities of the modern woman at a time when society is on the cusp of a major upheaval.
(DIR) Post #9tHUr5TJHgFOmyjqM4 by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T21:31:32Z
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I saw this movie for the first time in 1970...I recall the seduction scenes made quite an impression on me. I felt I wanted that power. The power Mrs. Robinson has. As for Ben he is finding that his entry into "adulting" is leaving him feel without control. The movie now gets creepy as he is literally held captive by a naked Mrs. Robinson I. Her daughter's room. Who Ben knows from childhood.
(DIR) Post #9tHUr5vfaEvsCw0UYi by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T21:39:23Z
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Oh the irony....Mr. Robinson providing Ben with advice to "have a fling" and that he should sew the wild oats while he can. Mr. Robinson had returned from golf and appears sweaty drunk. Mrs. Robinson hearing his speech is assured it confirms her affair will soon be a reality. Ann Bancroft is brilliant and is the future archetype for Animal House character, wife of Dean Wermer.
(DIR) Post #9tHUr6OjqABVf5bhrs by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T21:47:33Z
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The film.takes an absurdly awkward turn with Ben's parents forcing him to try the gifted scuba gear. He uses the time to hide from the guests. I am reminded of Garden State and Largemans interactions with his father...both set a similar emotional tone and show us that the main character is indeed lost to fate.
(DIR) Post #9tHUr6uHwrQDEwMu2q by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T21:51:18Z
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And now..Ben takes a modicum of control and calls Mrs. Robinson...but is he reacting to urge and responding to Mrs. Robinson's proposition. He opens the door and Mrs Robinson pushes him into the affair easily.
(DIR) Post #9tHUr7O4A9F0jIIgSW by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T22:05:08Z
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Buck Henry co-writer of the Graduate screenplay plays the snarky and suspicious hotel desk clerk. Buck Henry received a oscar nomination for best adapted sceeplay for his work. He was a giant in screen and TV comedy writing. Winning numerous accolades over the years. He passed away in January at 89.
(DIR) Post #9tHUr7tyFWlIKFEABk by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T22:22:35Z
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The affair ensues and the weeks pass...on a side note the beers Be. Drank included Coors and Olympia. Both became widely available after the movie hit.
(DIR) Post #9tHUr8VtyV6SDsySJM by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T22:26:47Z
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During this point two Simon and Garfunkel songs play that set the tone and vaulted the duo into super stardom and the technique used influenced movie makers for decades beyond particularly in the "coming of age" genre.
(DIR) Post #9tHUr977k6sS5KOBKS by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T22:35:05Z
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And the affair matures...they argue about him meeting her daughter. Ben feels shame. Ann Bancroft puts on her underwear and stockings again seducing Ben in the process. This intimate interaction was a first in American cinema.
(DIR) Post #9tHUr9frewfNp4dvTk by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T22:42:47Z
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After Ben fails to sabotage the date with Mrs. Robinson's daughter by taking her to a strip club, he admits his fault and apolgizes, they hit it off and go to a bar at the hotel he has the trysts with her mother.
(DIR) Post #9tHUrA8ZwBdRG84rEe by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T22:45:22Z
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He admits he is having an affair with a married woman. Again the viewer is giving a delicious tase of irony an Ben digs himself deeper into a hole that only leads to disaster.
(DIR) Post #9tHUrAtj6tLhcM8Viy by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T22:49:52Z
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Mrs. Robinson lays down an ultimatum that Ben has no choice but to attempt to circumvent.
(DIR) Post #9tHUrBUatoq7ShNxBo by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T22:53:15Z
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Ben discloses the affair to Elaine and the damage is done.
(DIR) Post #9tHUrC4OkhTnFk8Xzs by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T22:58:27Z
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At this point more Simon and Garfunkel. As a viewer I am rather disgusted with Ben. His decisons were impulsive and he was not mature and his actions caused significant damage. He continues down a delusional path that to our eyes appears creepy and stalky. For me this is where the movie falls apart for contemporary audiences.
(DIR) Post #9tHUrCwHWMa5wrLZz6 by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T23:06:43Z
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TV buffa will recognize a familiar character. Here Norman Fell is the landlord of the boarding house Where Ben rents a room. He says he likes to know what his renters are up to. Fell went onto reprise the role as Mr. Roper the landlord in the hit sitcom Three's Company. The show that featured a man living with two women and the hilarity that would ensue in the swinging free love 70's.
(DIR) Post #9tHUrEULlBQWkoIIj2 by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T23:13:49Z
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And it gets creepier...dude who screwed your mom and room you out on one date then told you he was fucking you mom after busting into your room has now been stalking you at your school. Apparently this was okay in 1967.
(DIR) Post #9tHUrFFUvt8n72LxDM by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T23:24:29Z
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Sometimes you see something that catches your eye...here over Me. Roper's shoulder is an uncredited appearce for Richard Dreyfuss who in a few short years will costar in the biggest movie of all-time...Jaws.
(DIR) Post #9tHUrFfNNfqCPIScYC by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T23:34:10Z
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Elaine's turnaround makes no sense to me. Ben asks her to marry him but it makes no sense. He is awful. She shows up and kisses him then leaves. Such bullshit. And he keeps stalking her. Clearly this end bit is not based on any reality. But some ad man's idea of how men can always be right and women must align to that....so...I end it here....
(DIR) Post #9tHUrG8ncHNPsYE7Pc by EvaSkeeva@queer.party
2020-03-22T23:48:16Z
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One last comment....the major story flaw is the failure to build a believable relationship between Ben and Elaine. Had they been childhood playmates...or teen crush it would have made sense but Mr. Robinson is right he is a degenerate and belongs behind bars for being a creepy stalker. But certainly Mrs. Robinson shares some of the blame for essentially raping Ben. The end Ben stops the wedding in dramatic fashion and he and Elaine catch a bus to the unknown.
(DIR) Post #9tHUrGsAtZfm9HSM8e by portpupper@social.sakamoto.gq
2020-03-22T23:53:47.571188Z
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@EvaSkeeva I haven't watched that movie since 2011. Were dramatic wedding interruptions considered to be a believable ending back then? They've always been gratitously cheesy to me.