Saw it in a movie theater. It was one of the 1st Hollywood movies about lesbians that was mainstream. There was of course, "Lianna, Personal Best, & Working Girls" before, but lesbian themed movies were far and few between. It was about positive representation and actually based upon an lesbian novel and had a lesbian director. You have to look at it through the lens of lesbian film evolvement.
I personally liked it at the time. Regard it with fondness and realize that hindsight is 20/20.
Again, this is a movie based upon a book written by a famous lesbian writer, Jane Rule. The character did not deliberately set out to turn straight women. Women fall in love. Straight women do fall in love with lesbians.
Who is anyone to say what a lesbian's fantasy should be? They are fantasies.
Besides, it is not like the film is predatory. Two adult women fall for each other. We can make an assumption that a 1950's NYC professor is probably not naive to sapphic women. She falls for a gay woman. Something is not going right with her marriage that she can make sense of. Might she possibly be gay or bisexual?
A long while ago, I read an article that revisited this movie. I think that they spoke with the director. It touched on a possible sequel. Does Kay end up happily forever after with Vivian? I believe that the director (writer?) inferred - probably not.
Saw it in a movie theater. It was one of the 1st Hollywood movies about lesbians that was mainstream. There was of course, "Lianna, Personal Best, & Working Girls" before, but lesbian themed movies were far and few between. It was about positive representation and actually based upon an lesbian novel and had a lesbian director. You have to look at it through the lens of lesbian film evolvement.
I personally liked it at the time. Regard it with fondness and realize that hindsight is 20/20.
Yes, and I get that. Mostly we are having a little fun with the movie thing. But I do stand by my trope thing. It’s kinda lame.
One lesbian's fantasy, another's trope! ;)
But should a lesbians fantasy be to get a straight woman?
No, I agree. It's bad for us and yet so common. Of course all women can choose to be Lesbians, but let them bring each other out.
No they can’t.
Again, this is a movie based upon a book written by a famous lesbian writer, Jane Rule. The character did not deliberately set out to turn straight women. Women fall in love. Straight women do fall in love with lesbians.
They don’t “f**k” because that is reserved for porn for men.
Who is anyone to say what a lesbian's fantasy should be? They are fantasies.
Besides, it is not like the film is predatory. Two adult women fall for each other. We can make an assumption that a 1950's NYC professor is probably not naive to sapphic women. She falls for a gay woman. Something is not going right with her marriage that she can make sense of. Might she possibly be gay or bisexual?
A long while ago, I read an article that revisited this movie. I think that they spoke with the director. It touched on a possible sequel. Does Kay end up happily forever after with Vivian? I believe that the director (writer?) inferred - probably not.