Comments on: Verhoven A Blast http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/24/verhoven-a-blast/ Covering weekly box office grosses in the US and TV ratings. Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:44:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Skot http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/24/verhoven-a-blast/#comment-171756 Skot Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:28:55 +0000 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/03/24/verhoven-a-blast/#comment-171756 Ah, BASIC INSTICT. If possible, watch it with Paul Verhoeven's commentary track on. Better than the original soundtrack. Hitchcock and Lesbianism: Alright, they had a 3-fer fest last night on TCM, and this observation struck me. In THE BIRDS, there's a scene where Tippi Hedren, looking for a place to stay in Bodega Bay, ends up at the house of Suzanne Pleshette, the old flame of Rod Taylor. The tension between the two characters works on three levels: Plot-wise, it's Old Flame versus Rich New Hussy. Hitchcock ouvre-wise, it's the perpetually overlooked brunette resenting the Hitchcock Blond Heroine/Victim. And yeah-- a few scenes later Pleshette, drinking brandy in her jammies, is definately looking Tippi over approvingly. --S Ah, BASIC INSTICT. If possible, watch it with Paul Verhoeven’s commentary track on. Better than the original soundtrack.

Hitchcock and Lesbianism: Alright, they had a 3-fer fest last night on TCM, and this observation struck me. In THE BIRDS, there’s a scene where Tippi Hedren, looking for a place to stay in Bodega Bay, ends up at the house of Suzanne Pleshette, the old flame of Rod Taylor.

The tension between the two characters works on three levels: Plot-wise, it’s Old Flame versus Rich New Hussy. Hitchcock ouvre-wise, it’s the perpetually overlooked brunette resenting the Hitchcock Blond Heroine/Victim. And yeah– a few scenes later Pleshette, drinking brandy in her jammies, is definately looking Tippi over approvingly.

–S

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