Dylan claims any movie featuring a good-looking actor in period costume is a chick flick, no matter how testosterone-laden the storyline is. The Sharpe movies? Total chick flicks. It took some persuading to get him to see Master & Commander with me because that's such a classic Susan chick flick set-up.
Zoe: First rule of battle, little one. Don't ever let 'em know where you are. Mal: Whoo-hoo! I'm right here! I'm right here! You want some of me? Yeah, you do! Come on! Come on! Aaah! Whoo-hoo! Zoe: Of course, there are other schools of thought...
'The Message'
Spike's Bitches 26: Damn right I'm impure!
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Susan W. - Sep 22, 2005 1:14:41 pm PDT #4559 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Toddson - Sep 22, 2005 1:17:23 pm PDT #4560 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I just thought it was amusing to see how someone's idea of a "chick flick" varies from the usual definition. But Sharpe ... yeah.
Susan W. - Sep 22, 2005 1:29:20 pm PDT #4561 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
But the thing about those article (and anyone who reads the Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Books blog will realize I'm repeating myself--I can only have so many original thoughts in a day) is that these people are completely serious, and it's scary. I heard the same argument made, minus Pottery Barn absurdity, in my InterVarsity Christian Fellowship chapter in college during a talk on lust. The women were advised not to read romance novels of any sensuality level because it creates unrealistic expectations and you'll be disappointed when your husband isn't able to sweep you off your feet like that.
Yeah, whatever. Problem is, at the time I believed it, and I think I delayed learning the really important lessons on handling relationships in a mature manner in accordance with my values, my faith, and the general ideal of respecting myself and others, because I was so busy slapping my brain down every time I had a sexual thought and avoiding the evil temptations of a Regency romance.
And while I do think it's possible to get too involved in a fantasy world if your romance reading or gaming or whatever causes you to neglect your real-life responsibilities, I think it's a lot more risky and damaging to condemn imagination and daydreaming of a better future altogether--which IMO that article comes all too close to doing.
I really don't like these people and what they're doing in the name of my religion.
erikaj - Sep 22, 2005 1:31:12 pm PDT #4562 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
My mom and I watched "Serpico" together once. I leave it to others to define the chick flick. What's wrong with a little fantasy?
vw bug - Sep 22, 2005 1:31:42 pm PDT #4563 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
What Susan Said. All of it.
erikaj - Sep 22, 2005 1:34:35 pm PDT #4564 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Can't imagine. I do think it's possible to read a good book and find your life wanting a little, though.
Cass - Sep 22, 2005 1:37:48 pm PDT #4565 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
And you don't want to put up with this goob any longer? Shocked! Shocked, I am!t sits bobblehead on desk facing towards computer as neck is tired nodding so emphatically
Jeez o peas. How does a development project end up being more than 10 times as much?! Now THAT I would feel guilty about.This. This is the power of the JackAss. A cluestick would burn from the stupid if you hit him with it.
New deals and good recommendations are good. I hope he throws massive amounts of money at you at the end of next week.
pornography – 3: the depiction of acts in a sensational manner so as to arouse a quick intense emotional reactionHuh. So it really is racing porn to me. And everyone thought I was exaggerating at least a little.
EpicTangent - Sep 22, 2005 1:44:25 pm PDT #4566 of 10001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Huh. So it really is racing porn to me. And everyone thought I was exaggerating at least a little.
I feel pretty confident that no one here thought you were exaggerating it. (esp Trudes)
Cass - Sep 22, 2005 1:46:44 pm PDT #4567 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
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JohnSweden - Sep 22, 2005 1:53:48 pm PDT #4568 of 10001
I can't even.
Dylan claims any movie featuring a good-looking actor in period costume is a chick flick, no matter how testosterone-laden the storyline is. The Sharpe movies? Total chick flicks. It took some persuading to get him to see Master & Commander with me because that's such a classic Susan chick flick set-up.
There's a difference between woobifying action heroes and chick flix.
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Busted!