I'm surprised that they showed Paul and Joanne together the night after, implying that they slept together. Not really implying it was quite obvious. How did they get away with that, back in 1961? Wasn't Hollywood in 1961 still pretty strict when it came to sex? Or Was it okay because they were married in real life?
shareI don't think that was such a big deal in even the late 1950's. E.g. "Peyton Place" or "Island in the Sun" which even featured a mixed-race unmarried couple.
shareI need to watch "Island in the Sun."
shareI think it might be on youtube for now.
I caught just the very end of it on TV (TCM - I think) a couple of weeks ago. I want to see it as well, now.
Yes, I found it on YouTube, now all I have to do is watch it. I love TCM! best channel on cable.
shareWe have DIRECTV and a premium package - HBO/SHowtime/Starz/Cinemax, etc. etc. etc. - but watch TCM (and now Netflix, Google Play, Amazon Instant Prime, and just youtube movies) more and more. When my wife retires we'll probably cut WAY back on our Directv bill. And won't miss much at all. ;-)
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I was surprised to hear that man tell Paul's character, "It is what it is." I thought that was a modern coinage. Didn't know people were saying that back then.
shareYeah, it is always cool to see people in old movies say phrases that we say now. Like, I was watching a short 1920s silent film about fashion trends, and in the film they described this persons dress by using the word, "swagger" and I really didn't know that was 1920s lingo for cool, until I googled it. A few years back the word swag was all the rage when I was in high school.
shareIt was a big deal, especially given that she was unmarried (divorced) and had kids! That was not commonly depicted onscreen. But this film pushed all kinds of boundaries. Just keep in mind that only a few years later, we had Freedom Summer, the showdowns concerning the end of racial segregation, the arrival of widespread contraception (the pill) for women, the Loving v. Virginia ruling, etc. There probably were theaters across the US South where this film could not have been shown or would have provoked riots by white filmgoers.
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