Suzi's Mom
Call me dumb...but was she hitting on the kid Suzi liked or was she trying in her own unique way of trying to fix him up with her daughter?
shareCall me dumb...but was she hitting on the kid Suzi liked or was she trying in her own unique way of trying to fix him up with her daughter?
shareShe was hitting on him. When he delivered the groceries, it was fairly obvious.
shareseems like both ways...I mean when he called on the phone and Suzi told my mom is gone and he chose not to and when he came over he made up an excuse to say he was returning 1 of Suzi's books
shareNever could figure out what she was talking about at the pool. What did she mean by plastic?
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I was always puzzled by that line- but I think she was referring to condoms.
Skip was so obviously GAY GAY GAY. I never seen a more gayer guy trying to play it straight.
She was using lines from The Graduate.
shareSkip was so obviously GAY GAY GAY.I wondered the same thing about Pee Wee in Pee Wee's Big adventure when Dottie (who was ironically enough played by the same actress who played Loryn). But that isn't really fair for you or I to assume he's gay maybe he was just shy. I passed up numerous opportunities in my teens and 20's but I am straight (ie; heterosexual). But then again Skip did end up in bed with Suzi so he obviously was neither gay or shy.
"Plastics" was a reference to "The Graduate." In that movie, Dustin Hoffman plays a new graduate, and one older dude tells him: "I have one word of advice for you: plastics." Plastics were an up-and-coming business at that time (1968, I think?)
What does that have to do with Valley Girl? Nothing directly, except that the main plot of The Graduate was that Dustin Hoffman's girlfriend's mother (Mrs. Robinson) tried to seduce him. And succeeded. Just like Beth was trying to do with Skip. Beth was trying to slyly tell him that she wanted to jump his bones. But the reference went completely over his head!
I just re-watched the film tonight and also got the reference.
Damn you for posting 2 days ago! ;-)
Terrible missed opportunity to bag a hot milf when it's clear she wants him. Even more so when her unknowingly hot daughter wants him too.
I seriously want to give 2 slaps and drop kick the guy into the pool. Terrrbl just terrrbl.
But at least he got the daughter and who knows, maybe the mother forgave both and they all agree to love triangle over the Summer break. Incredible best case fantasy scenario.
sounds like Summer Lover's Part two...
shareShe was the hottest mom I ever seen in a movie.By far the best looking woman in it.What an idiot Skip was for blowing his chance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpvcfv5FjfE&feature=related
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Yes he was an idiot, she's making it obvious and he doesn't get the message.
Y'know, I could eat a peach for hours
Most definitely the mom was hitting on Skip. In fact, in the early party scene - when they're gorging on sushi - Suzi basically requests that her mother leave Skip alone, as if mom has hit on her prospective suitors before. Mom quickly cuts off that conversation because her own boyfriend is lingering nearby.
shareI'm watching it again and I'm leaning towards the mom hitting on him.
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Another vote for it was obvious she was hitting on him.
Another minor detail: there's a line early on in the party scene when Beth refers to her perception that Suzi feels competitive with her. In fact (I think we are to understand) it's Beth who feels compelled to compete with Suzi.
Definitely hitting on him, definitely older woman/younger man reference from The Graduate.
I always thought when he shows up at Suzi's house later, he was there to see the mom. He says he's returning "one of Suzi's books" not "one of your books", as if he doesn't expect that Suzi is home. Suzi is showering in her mom's room (who knows, maybe she has better water pressure or more expensive shampoo?) and Skip thinks he's going to score with the mom. But he stumbles upon naked Suzi, is a horny teenage boy, and well, love the one you're with.
I'm fairly confident that Skippy boy would have even screwed up that opportunity had it been the mom in the shower. Guy was such a hilariously clueless buffoon.
Well she was an older, experienced woman, and he was just a teenaged oaf. He was shy even with girls his own age! A hot older woman probably terrified him, as much as he wanted her. Besides, she was kind of beating around the bush before, and shouldn't have expected him to make the first move! "I like to be direct...tell me what you want." C'mon, lady, like, for sure.
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