just heard of this topic on reddit thanks to the BTTF board.
Thought it'd be interesting to have the conversation here...
When i think of one I'll be back
I think "terrible" is too strong in this case, but I've always thought Grease sends a bad message; that you have to change who you are to be accepted.
shareFight Club - Want to be a man? Just break and punch people!
shareThe Wizard of Oz
why she wanted to go back to the farm, I'll never understand.
Home Alone.
Love the movie, but what is the actual message? If you leave your kid at home, he'll be okay because he'll just become a psychopath in the making and save himself. Plus, you're not going to face any consequences for abandonment or the neglect that led to it and yay family.
I agree with Grease.
Plus, Pretty Woman. The message seems to suggest that it's okay to venture into a usually unpleasant and dangerous "profession" because some handsome rich man is going to fall in love with you very soon anyway, and take you away from all that.
I get that a bunch of guys are going to attack me for that; it's been one of those days. But I really do think it's a rotten storyline/bad message.
It sure is a bad message
I'm not basing this on any sort of research but I'd bet a buck that most prostitutes don't run into Richard Gere on their first 'date'
Lol, me neither, no personal research done on this, hah! But yes, this film seems to turn what, by all accounts, is a very grim pursuit, into no big deal in the first place, then a chance to meet Prince Charming in the second place!
Not that I think a young girl watching it will take a rom-com as "gospel" about what can happen, but still...eek!