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Elizabeth Perkins says the love scene in ‘Big’ wouldn’t happen today
New York Post ^ | April 1, 2021 | Nicki Gostin

Posted on 04/04/2021 12:08:05 AM PDT by nickcarraway

“We don’t see them having sex but he does take my shirt off,” Perkins, 60, tells Page Six. “Actually, I take my shirt off and he touches my breast, then we cut to the elevator door opening and he’s got a big smile on his face. We never say, ‘Oh they slept together,’ but they definitely fooled around.”

In the 1988 comedy, a teenage boy finds himself in the body of an adult (Hanks) following a carnival wish. Naturally, he finds a dream job in New York City and even snags a girlfriend — played by Perkins.

Nowadays, she says, “they wouldn’t have shown that at all. I think we’re in a different time.” And, for the record, “I’m totally on board with that.”

(Excerpt) Read more at pagesix.com ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: hollywood; movies
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To: SauronOfMordor

**In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”, Juliet says she is “not yet 14”***

Made in 1969, it was rated “R” for a flash (and I do mean a flash) of her nipple. Blink and you will miss it.

I believe it has been re rated as PG today.

But then, in 1969, the Jim Brown movie RIOT was also rated “R”. I believe it is now PG-13.

On the other hand, HEAVEN WITH A GUN was released with a “G” rating. Shown on TV a few years back it would have been rated a heavy “R” version, probably the European release.


41 posted on 04/04/2021 7:26:49 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ((Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.))
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To: Chickensoup
Well I came across this meme the other day that made me chuckle


42 posted on 04/04/2021 8:14:03 AM PDT by xp38
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To: srmanuel

Emmanuel Macron Syndrome


43 posted on 04/04/2021 8:42:21 AM PDT by Tai_Chung
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To: nickcarraway
We never say, ‘Oh they slept together,’ but they definitely fooled around.”

I very much dislike that phrase, because typically very little sleeping is involved!

44 posted on 04/04/2021 9:00:09 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: McGruff

“Have a seat over there”


45 posted on 04/04/2021 9:47:42 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: srmanuel

Forgot all about that one. So many movies back then couldn’t be made today.


46 posted on 04/04/2021 10:30:55 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: sit-rep

Yep, Vacation is another good example. Also the original Bad News Bears.


47 posted on 04/04/2021 10:34:59 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: sit-rep

You can’t do the East St. Louis scene in Vacation today.


48 posted on 04/04/2021 10:36:21 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Tired of Taxes

What about the show All In The Family, Archie and Edith Bunker, Rob Reiner Mr. Lunatic liberal playing Meathead...

That show definitely couldn’t get made today.


49 posted on 04/04/2021 10:52:57 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: dfwgator

I watched Apocalypse Now with my young adult kids yesterday... Amazon cut out where they stole the AB Chiefs surfboard, and when they sexed the Playboy Bunnies for Fuel... but left the part in at the end when Kurtz dropped the chef’s head into Martin Sheen’s lap. makes ZERO sense...


50 posted on 04/04/2021 11:18:31 AM PDT by sit-rep ( )
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To: Monterrosa-24; srmanuel

i saw it in a theater, in 72. it was ok! but then i was 17 at the time


51 posted on 04/04/2021 11:26:28 AM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: srmanuel

Yep. So many TV shows and movies back then could never be made today.

The TV shows and movies of today may be frowned upon in 30-40 years, too.


52 posted on 04/04/2021 11:56:23 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Tired of Taxes
Adding to my comment above: Lots of movies in the 70’s and 80’s couldn’t be made today - another example is “Weird Science.”

Wife and I are currently watching mid-60s "F Troop" - add that one to the mix. Stereotypes galore. At some point, either of us will say to one another, "Can you see that being shown today?"

53 posted on 04/04/2021 1:39:46 PM PDT by Oatka
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To: DoodleBob

And yet he supports the party that enforces political correctness to the max. Another hypocrite.


54 posted on 04/04/2021 1:48:35 PM PDT by vis a vis
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To: Oatka

I never saw that show. Just looked it up. I see what you mean. lol

Also, would “I Dream of Jeannie” be made today? Probably not.


55 posted on 04/04/2021 2:24:29 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
In 1979, Star Trek: The Motion Picture had a 'G' rating, despite having nightmare fuel like this
56 posted on 04/04/2021 2:46:21 PM PDT by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: Chickensoup

Do some research into a girl (now woman) named Sarah Ruth Ashcroft.

And don’t be too quick to fall for the old Snopes type of “debunking”


57 posted on 04/05/2021 7:46:51 AM PDT by BlueMondaySkipper (Involuntarily subsidizing the parasite class since 1981)
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To: VTenigma
Game over man!

That was his most remembered line from Aliens, but my favorite is when he’s freaking out and Ripley reminds him that Newt, who is just a little girl, survived alone against the aliens for months. He responds, “Why don’t you put her in charge?”

58 posted on 04/05/2021 2:24:38 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: noiseman

That movie was a perfect vehicle for him. Sad that we lost him so young.


59 posted on 04/05/2021 4:07:46 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged )
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