The two spinsters studied the movie still and tried to decide if they should go inside the movie palace and watch this latest release…
Betty: “Look at how she can’t even light his cigarette. She would make a terrible wife. I hope he’s not planning to marry her.”
Jane: “And look at that tawdry blouse she’s wearing. She’s showing so much cleavage! And the sinister amulet around her neck. Do you suppose she’s a witch AND a slattern?”
Betty: “He can’t even stand to look her in the face, she’s such a disappointment.”
Jane: “He can’t believe how tacky her hair looks. She’s not using a single pin to control that mess! She’s a lazy, cheap witch.”
Betty: “Wait! Is he holding a knife? He’s trying to kill her! I disapprove of her lifestyle, but I don’t know that she needs to die for it. Seems a bit harsh.”
Jane: “And she’s hiding a gun in her other hand. So she’s planning to fight for her right to walk the streets. These are some truly lost souls.”
Betty: “Oh my word! Do you see what else is going on? Oh, I can barely stand to look.”
Jane: “What is it, sister?”
Betty: “Someone has taken a loaf of French bread and shoved it into the skull of that poor woman in the background!”
Jane: “Oh, this movie is wretched indeed. Prostitution and betrayal and death and bad grooming. The people who made this are clearly not right with the Lord.”
Betty: “Should we buy tickets?”
Jane: “Of course. My treat.”
Categories: Past Imperfect
Haha great observations as always, good ending.
I wonder what Freud would erroneously conclude at her lighting the manakins cigarette.
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Perhaps “erroneously conclude” is as far as we need to get with Freud’s thoughts on the matter… 😉
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Clearly the movie’s got everything going for it.
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It certainly does. Of course, I’ll probably just wait for it to come out on DVD like I do with everything else… 😉
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And the thing with the safety pins upon which Robert Smith of the Cure seems to be dancing; don’t even get me started.
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I believe you may have just discovered the exact moment when Punk Rock gave birth to New Wave… 😉
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