Comments on: Let’s Talk About Pretty Woman (1990)

By: The Week in Links: March 23

The Week in Links: March 23 — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:28:28 +0000

[…] meanwhile, Women’s Day is sticking to their story. Regardless, Lolo de Sucre and Bettie still think the film […]

By: The Full Monty « Mountingandcounting's Blog

The Full Monty « Mountingandcounting's Blog — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:51:20 +0000

[…] FYI, Tits and Sass has a ton of posts addressing Pretty Woman lately. My take is simple enough: the movie represents […]

By: Miss Trotwood

Miss Trotwood — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:02:25 +0000

In reply to Nine. And here was me about to link to your review, Nine :-)

By: mumtaza

mumtaza — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 09:22:17 +0000

I love your reviews! I know it’s a little far afield but I’d love to hear your take on “baise-moi”.

By: Nine

Nine — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:23:05 +0000

In reply to Nine. Oh, image didn't work. Here it is: Nine's Law.

By: Nine

Nine — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:05:49 +0000

In reply to Iamcuriousblue. I watched Pretty Woman again last year for the first time since its release. I found it pretty disposable, but not really as loathsome as I'd anticipated - what bugs me more is, like you say, the frequency with which prohibitionists make reference to it. I put this together a few years ago:

By: Irony Butterfly

Irony Butterfly — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:43:49 +0000

What I actually find most disturbing is the way they completely reduce her to her job. Like “well, clearly she owns no other clothes than this costume until a customer buys her other costumes. Why would she? Surely prostitutes just wake up, put on their streetwalking clothes and then go to bed again, unless a customer has a weird kink that consists of buying fetish clothes, like a brown and white spotted dress with a matching hat.” She already owns some freaking clothes.

By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:51:37 +0000

In reply to Vixen. Every time I put my hair in a slicked back ponytail, I feel like I'm preparing to kick a rapist's ass.

By: Vixen

Vixen — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:48:27 +0000

I can relate-I used to watch PW the same way I did Dirty Dancing-as an unintentional cheesy comedy. Since becoming a PSO I just get annoyed when I see it. Bad stereotype after bad stereotype, ugh. At least in Showgirls the main character kicked the rapist’s ass.

By: Bettie

Bettie — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:38:28 +0000

In reply to Sex Mahoney. How is that a grim assessment of marriage? Sounds pretty spot on to me....