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TOTW 02/08: Was Lureen pregnant when she met Jack?
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: moremojo on January 17, 2008, 02:54:31 pm ---Four if you count her cool, catty retort to Lashawn when informed of the latter's college sorority. Heck, five if you include her pointed, barbed question to Jack in the same sequence.
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True, her retort to LaShawn was catty. Her question to Jack, though, seems legitimate -- especially if you see the subtext as being "How come husbands never sleep with their wives?" -- though at the dinner table with another couple is perhaps is not the best place to ask it. :laugh:
Artiste:
Wow, wow, wow, wow, thanks ineedcrayons, thanks moremojo, thanks atz75, thanks brokeplex, thanks LauraGigs, thanks Katie77, and thanks to all others too!!
For the record, I do not think that Lureen is a slut! To each his own... I say. (I had sex with many persons and do not consider myself such!!)
Of course, maybe she is an odd duck (for the lack of a better word if I may say, according to her times... those 60's, 70's... and I applaud her for being in the sexual revolution - and act it in a way she could which come to think of it, it is that time: revolution!!
May I repeat REVOLUTION!! May I repeat that I think that she is lesbian and/or bi-, since she is in that time period, no? But I will add that she can NOT come out of the closet... then those days even if it is a sexual revolution (not for gay men thaty much, especially not for lesbians nor bi-s... maybe better for bi-s though)!!
Lureen could not come out as a lesbian nor as a bi- then, nor now in 2008 (althought 2008, maybe she could if she moved; see Oprah with lesbians on her recent 2008 show).
Of course, I think Lureen was pregnat before she met Jack. And she saved herself since she was a lesbian and/or bi- lady! By marrying Jack! That is OK in my book!! For both!!
More later, as may I have your comments from all of you,
hugs!
Brown Eyes:
Neither the film nor the story of BBM present us with any concrete evidence that Lureen had multiple sexual partners or any other sexual partner than Jack. Yes, the timeline is messed up... but the timeline of BBM is messed up in many ways (not just with regard to Lureen, Bobby and Jack). And, of course, even if she did have other lovers, this in no way justifies the use of such a derogatory term as "slut."
Lureen is one of my favorite characters in the movie. And, it's exactly because she's ambitious and assertive that I like her.
serious crayons:
BBM characters (besides Jack, Ennis, Rich and Earl) who some people speculate are gay:
1) Lureen
2) Aguirre
3) John Twist
BBM characters (besides Mr. Del Mar) who some people speculate are murderers:
1) Lureen
2) L.D. Newsome
Am I missing anyone?
--- Quote from: atz75 on January 17, 2008, 04:08:43 pm ---And, of course, even if she did have other lovers, this in no way justifies the use of such a derogatory term as "slut."
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To be fair, I was paraphrasing. Let's say that people have suggested that she was overly promiscuous.
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on January 17, 2008, 04:13:40 pm ---
To be fair, I was paraphrasing. Let's say that people have suggested that she was overly promiscuous.
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Hey Bud,
Yes, I definitely realize this.
My post was really bouncing off of (sort of reiterating in different terms) this comment:
--- Quote from: Artiste on January 17, 2008, 03:52:49 pm ---
For the record, I do not think that Lureen is a slut! To each his own... I say.
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