Posted on 06/09/2008 6:34:20 PM PDT by Barnacle
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RUSH: There's a little story here in Madison, Wisconsin. It's by somebody named Michael James Moore: "Why Do Men Hate 'Sex and the City'?" Dawn, have you been to see Sex and the City? Never watched the show, she has no intention of going to see the movie. It did gangbusters out there in its opening weekend. I don't know if Dr. De Cock was in the audience, but it did something like $55 million and chick flicks do not do that well. Most people don't see them. Chicks do. But this attracted all kinds of chicks. This story, "Why Do Men Hate 'Sex and the City'?" They don't hate Sex and the City. The reason these men don't go to it is theorized here. Would you like to hear some of the theories from Michael James Moore?
"Media coverage has tried to assess how and why Carrie & Co. induce such massive 'female bonding.' Then there's the other question: Why are men turned off? Vast swaths of the male population will not -- under any circumstances! -- go see this movie." The theory is, "It's the friendships that run so deep -- that's what the men are envious about." They are envious about the deep bonded relationships that these four women have. That's what it says here. "Individually, each was merely interesting. Together, they were wizards," describing the four women. "That 's the guy thing in a nutshell: individual heroics as opposed to being part of a group of kindred spirits. Superman? Rocky? Rambo? Zorro? The majority of heroes in Westerns? Or in war films? Almost always, they're solitary." Men do not bond. He goes on to stay in this story that the only time men get together as friends is when they're boozing it or playing golf or basketball or some such thing, and that they just are envious of the deep bonded friendships in Sex and the City.
Do you want to know, Mr. Michael James Moore, why men don't go see this movie? I'll be glad to tell you. The reason men don't go see this movie, is A, these kinds of women make them sick; the kinds of women that are always shopping for the latest high heels and sitting around in bars drinking drinks bitching about men all the time. People that are constantly involved in relationship analysis will drive men to the golf course, the bar, or wherever they want to go faster than anything. The last thing that a guy wants to hear about is relationship analysis. It ain't going to happen. And there's another reason, Mr. Michael James Moore, why men are not going to watch Sex and the City. The women in this movie are not hot. I hate to be so blatantly honest here. The only way to get a man to see a chick flick is if Cameron Diaz or Julia Roberts or somebody similar is in the damn movie. Hot women. This new movie, as well as the TV show, offers horse face, giraffe neck, skank well past her time, and that Brunette who is not bad looking but certainly not enough to make up for all the rest.
So any man considering doing his duty by accompanying a date to this movie knows beforehand that he will have nothing to distract him from the interminable relationship analysis that comprises the chick flick. You might watch Cameron Diaz or Julia Roberts or take your pick -- there are lots of actresses out there talking about relationships -- because you can ignore what they're saying when you look at them, but that doesn't work in this movie, Mr. Michael James Moore. Please pass this on to the friends at Media Matters for America and the Obama campaign, and by the way, pass it on to the McCain campaign. They'll be very upset with me since they're trying to woo Hillary voters.
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RUSH: Back to Sex in the City for just a second. There's a method here to my madness in naming the four women as I did, mere moments ago, and describing why men are not going to go see the movie or have no interest in it. And I got the usual emails, "How dare you refer to them that way. It's so unnecessary." Okay. You're right. It was unnecessary, except to make this point. You want to know why women are really going to see this movie? It's precisely because of Undeniable Truth of Life #24 which states: "Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream." It is the guys who want to see Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts and the rest of these clowns discussing relationships. But women want to see Horse Face, Over the Hill Sex Kitten, Grand Canyon Neck, whatever. So they can relate to them. This de Cock guy, this guy from the World Health Organization. This De Cock guy... What, are you still shocked that I'm talking about this, Dawn? Mmm-hmm. Uh... Dawn is telling me that I'm out of touch if I think that Kim Cattrall at 51 years old is no longer a sex kitten or whatever. She says, "You need to look at other 51-year-olds." No, I don't. See, that's the point. I want to look at 31-year-olds. You have to suspend... What did Hillary say? You have to suspend disbelief to accept the fact that what's going on with that bunch is actually happening to them in real life. In their dreams.
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Is your "didn't always" more than or less than 10%?
The show and the movie wasn’t really about sex...
Right! They could have left Sex out of the title and just called it "And the City".
... about the close and sometimes difficult and sometimes brutally honest but long lasting and supportive relationships that women have with one another as they go through the many stages and joys and some mistakes of life – dating, career, marriage, children, infertility, infidelity, divorce, illness, menopause, reconciliation….
Maybe I would like to see it after all... at one of those places with food and cocktails and of course, someone else picking up the tab.
The raunchy and boastful conversations that men have in the locker room have nothing on the casual but very honest conversations that women can have with each other over a sandwich and salad at Panera Bread.
Holy #^%! I am dialing the corporate headquarters of Panera Bread as I write this post. (Chicks don't have a corner on the multi-task market.)
The last scene in the move ends in a simple greasy spoon diner
What about the sushi?
In the end, husbands and family and good friends are more important than the clothes or really great hand bags or shoes or fabulous penthouse apartments.
Wow... So, it really is a deep movie after all. I should probably stop making fun of it.
Na.
Me neither. But, as I was saying to Mildred, movies ain't been the same since they went to Talkies.
What do you mean "Her"?... That's a chick?
Simple. Sarah Jessica Parker is so ugly that she makes me physically ill. The mear thought that some idiot would even concieve dipping into that well with out at least two bags makes may stomach turn.
I'm not sure what that means, but it sounds interesting.
I agree....not even close.
I'm pretty sure that both Savage and Limbaugh and ripped me off on that one... Me, and maybe a couple million other guys who had the same reaction.
It didn’t empower diddly
You're right. I don't want to give too much away here. But, things do not end well for Diddly.
Because SJP is a horsefaced liberal? Because the scripts could have been written by a computer program? Because all the characters on the show (not just the men) are cardboard cutouts?
Seriously though... May I be serious for just a minute? No. Probably not. But, I'll try.
I enjoy silent films, Buster Keaton was not only a genius, but a great stunt man. Netfix has been a great way to see the full range of classics.
I've been on John Ford kick lately. What an artist!
lol, you are the clever one, ;^)
It certainly does have urbane connotations.
I recommend "Sex and the Country".
Damn, did he lose a bet?
It’s sort of like duplicate threads on FR — one can’t be on here 24 hrs consecutively, nor listen to all the decent analysis on radio either.
Save Ferris!
Thank you. It’s been awhile since I’ve seen a silent movie.... I feel like I’m missing out. Now I know what I’ll be doing this weekend. :)
Narrated by Marlin Perkins.
Good catch!
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