5/1/2023 0 Comments Gigi movie![]() ![]() ![]() Maybe it's my weird mix of French and Italian cultural heritage, or a healthy perspective on the social and historical setting of the story itself (or maybe I got into Anaïs Nin short stories way too young and a Freudian analyst would have a field day with my brain…), but I found "Gigi" to be a charming and comical, albeit rather unusual, coming-of-age story. You said you had six months in the betting pool?Īm I the only one who doesn't get skeeved out by "Gigi"? I do get skeeved out big time by Maurice Chevalier singing "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" because, well… duh! That's a pretty fucked up song… But the actual Colette novella (that I have read in French countless times - as Colette is one of my mother's favorite authors and her books were all over the house I grew up in - and in English for the first time just now) never struck me as creepy. So it's equally likely she'll have a heart attack the first time he takes his pants off. But on the other hand, when they pitched the idea of her being Gaston's mistress, she used the phrase "I'd sleep in your bed" to describe the situation. I mean, her entire family is courtesans, so I can't imagine they're shy about discussing the facts of life. So what are the odds she's had any kind of sex ed? Me and the other girls have a betting pool going - I've given them six months.ĭid I mention he's known her since she was a baby, and considered her a little kid until like, two days ago when he suddenly noticed she got boobs? And she calls him "Tonton"? So now Gaston Lachaille is marrying the girl who was supposed to be his mistress. That is like the opposite of "why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free." Right? Anyway, Gaston was like, "yes thanks, wrap her up, I'll take her to go" and the girl was like, "um, I'm not cool with this" and so he proposed instead. If this wine wasn't so expensive I'd throw it up. So apparently the mom and the aunt have been training this girl to be a courtesan for Gaston. Yeah, he goes over there and has tea and coos over how adorable their poverty is, it sounds awesome. Gaston Lachaille is friends with a family of former hookers? I'm not totally clear on that, but I'm like 99% sure that Gaston's dad used to bang the mom and the aunt - they used to be courtesans. Okay, so apparently Gaston's been hanging around this poor family for like, ever. Married? So his mistress finally locked that down. No, shut up, I have the best worst news ever. The sugar heir? I'd like him to give me some sugar, if you know what I mean. I mean, this is turn-of-the-century France and I'm a woman, so I got to watch people have fun. Darling, so good to see you! How was Monte Carlo? ![]()
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