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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on February 08, 2015, 03:33:45 pm ---I don't really understand this objection. Of course men behave like that. Never heard of the Chippendales? I think I read somewhere that the movie was based on a magazine article about such a place.
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And on star Channing Tatum's experiences before he hit it big in Hollywood.
--- Quote ---I'm not a big male-stripper enthusiast, but I thought the movie was pretty good. As for MM2, I'll wait and see what the reviews say.
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I'll see it if it plays some place I can get to conveniently.
--- Quote from: serious crayons on February 08, 2015, 03:35:29 pm ---Still another question, x: why would you be so surprised that men would do that? Surely you're aware that women do it all the time, even if you've never been to a strip club yourself they are a familiar setting in movies. Why is it so hard to believe men would do the same thing as a way to earn money?
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I regularly see newspaper ads for male "reviews" aimed at women audiences.
And, of course, male strip shows used to be common in that mecca of gay travel, Provincetown, Mass. I saw one there back in the Eighties. The guys weren't nearly as good as the guys in Magic Mike.
I still remember getting a good laugh at the quick shot of big bruiser Joe Manganiello seated at a sewing machine sewing on a thong. ;D
serious crayons:
It was also one of the movies that contributed to the McConaughssance -- Matthew McConaughey's comeback -- a phenomenon that I've found entertaining and inspiring.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on February 08, 2015, 04:30:50 pm ---It was also one of the movies that contributed to the McConaughssance -- Matthew McConaughey's comeback -- a phenomenon that I've found entertaining and inspiring.
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I thought he was very good in that role. He scared me.
oilgun:
Montreal has not one, not two, but four male strip clubs. Oh and another one for women only.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on February 08, 2015, 05:40:52 pm ---I thought he was very good in that role. He scared me.
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Yes! He walked a perfect line between benevolent and scary, simultaneously playing his classic typecast role and subtly caricaturing it. He was like emcee in Cabaret with better abs.
MM is kind of goofy in real-life interviews and awards speeches, but every one of his post McConaughssance roles has been spellbinding.
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