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mopinko

(71,652 posts)
1. don't have time to watch, but
Sat Dec 21, 2013, 11:40 AM
Dec 2013

i always loved the song- baby it's cold outside. sung seductively by so many great duets over the years.
then i played an old disc of rat pack xmas songs. dean martin sings it alone. my daughter says- nice date rape song.
and damn, when that old drunk sang it, it sure was. can't listen to it any more.

Squinch

(52,489 posts)
3. "Baby It's Cold Outside" is hands down creepy, and Santa
Sat Dec 21, 2013, 12:15 PM
Dec 2013

Baby has always been gross, but I'm not convinced by the other ones.

I don't like "all I want for Christmas is you" but I don't think it's sexist. It could as easily be a man singing those lyrics.

boston bean

(36,451 posts)
4. Yeah, my thoughts too.. thought it was interesting though..
Sat Dec 21, 2013, 12:18 PM
Dec 2013

enough to have a conversation though. Cause in actuality, I never really thought about it.

Squinch

(52,489 posts)
5. And some of these songs last so long that it's interesting to see
Sat Dec 21, 2013, 12:19 PM
Dec 2013

how much has changed. Just like all the Christmas movies.

White Christmas (the movie) is a doozy!

boston bean

(36,451 posts)
6. You know one of the most sexist movies, I think ever watched was a John Wayne movie
Sat Dec 21, 2013, 12:24 PM
Dec 2013

called the "Quiet Man".



I watched it a bunch of times, and to be honest have always enjoyed it, but I probably shouldn't have. It's all so engrained in society, that sometimes you just watch and accept.

boston bean

(36,451 posts)
9. just found this on wiki...
Sat Dec 21, 2013, 12:37 PM
Dec 2013
The film won the Academy Award for Best Director for John Ford, his fourth, and for Best Cinematography. In 2013 the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[2]


The scenery was beautiful, I will give it that... as for the rest..... not so sure...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quiet_Man
 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
8. even young this movie, and others really bothered me. i felt the inherent wrong in it
Sat Dec 21, 2013, 12:35 PM
Dec 2013

even though i was clueless as all of us were.

just liek the woman that would slap a man, for whatever reason, cause she was allowed and part of being a woman. that always bothered me.

redqueen

(115,164 posts)
10. Agreed on all points.
Sat Dec 21, 2013, 12:41 PM
Dec 2013

I love Eartha Kitt's voice (and Eartha Kitt), so I'll always like her Santa Baby despite the subject matter.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
11. #4, kissing snata, with little boys wondering... ya. that was the one i had to explain to them at
Sat Dec 21, 2013, 12:48 PM
Dec 2013

a young age, that daddy was dressed as santa. but, she is right. though in that light, we like the song.

#2 i have not heard.

#1 i have not heard. wow. she is right on with that one. wow. lol

she was point on with all of them. bring the issue to awareness does not mean some of them are big deals. but, i did not see a flaw in her argument. interesting.

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