Two amusing things this morning - I made a post on a theater board where I only post infrequently because I cannot stand these PC putzes who go on about how the film of Gigi (and presumably Colette's story, which I've doubt they've read) is "creepy" and that they've always found it "creepy." Well, you know, in 1958 it wasn't creepy to anyone because somehow back in those halcyon days audiences understood context and when a story was taking place. Radical I know. But today, they cannot understand anything without viewing it through their own little PC world view where context has gone completely missing. I said we may as well retire Showboat, ban Lolita, get rid of Carousel and its "spousal abuse" and on and on and on - it's just so noxious. We must revise Annie Get Your Gun into a stupid, humorless show within a show and not offend ANYONE, as if anything in that show is offensive if viewing it in the context of a) when it was written and b) when it takes place.
So, a couple of folks agreed and thanked me for making the post and a couple disagreed, but only one came after me in a, well, shall we be kind and say personal and obnoxious way. Now, sometimes I'm a bit slow on the uptake, so I responded with what I felt was a good post. They then responded and got really personal so of course I think we all know who it was. A quick perusal of that board showed no other posts by this person, and since they refer to a post I made about the film of Nine, which is how many years ago, I think we all know what's what.
