1. Julie Andrews is painfully hot in Victor/Victoria. I mean, wow. Also with the vintage setting and all the banter and yes. ♥ ♥ ♥
2. One of the most interesting things about that movie, for me, though, is that the real emotional core of it is the relationship between Victoria and Toddy. Which is so loving and affectionate and buddyish that I always watch it thinking "OTP!" about them, especially in comparison with Victoria's relationship with the gangster dude who is, as you say, fugly, and has to be constantly worked upon just to be remotely tolerant. Their bond seems to be based wholly on sex, while Victoria and Toddy understand each other. And yet you can't just say, oh, well, Victoria/Toddy then, because sexual orientation doesn't work that way, not in this story. So Victoria gets a shallow, heteronormative relationship in the end, which I could never really see lasting, and Toddy gets to save the day but end up alone. It's sort of tragic. Though I like to think that it didn't stay that way.
3. Some Like It Hot is my favorite movie EVER, OMG.
4. I might, possibly, have a half-finished fic manuscript somewhere around entitled "Five Joints Where Sugar Kane Never Sang (Or Maybe She Did)," crossing SLIH over with V/V, along with J&W, Chicago, Casablanca, and The Great Gasby.
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Date: 2009-07-17 04:40 am (UTC)2. One of the most interesting things about that movie, for me, though, is that the real emotional core of it is the relationship between Victoria and Toddy. Which is so loving and affectionate and buddyish that I always watch it thinking "OTP!" about them, especially in comparison with Victoria's relationship with the gangster dude who is, as you say, fugly, and has to be constantly worked upon just to be remotely tolerant. Their bond seems to be based wholly on sex, while Victoria and Toddy understand each other. And yet you can't just say, oh, well, Victoria/Toddy then, because sexual orientation doesn't work that way, not in this story. So Victoria gets a shallow, heteronormative relationship in the end, which I could never really see lasting, and Toddy gets to save the day but end up alone. It's sort of tragic. Though I like to think that it didn't stay that way.
3. Some Like It Hot is my favorite movie EVER, OMG.
4. I might, possibly, have a half-finished fic manuscript somewhere around entitled "Five Joints Where Sugar Kane Never Sang (Or Maybe She Did)," crossing SLIH over with V/V, along with J&W, Chicago, Casablanca, and The Great Gasby.