Comments on: Magic Mike (2012)

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By: Melissa Gira Grant | “What compelled you towards it was more intellectual than necessity, wasn’t it?”

Thu, 17 Jul 2014 18:12:13 +0000

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By: Aguy

Aguy — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 21:54:03 +0000

Thanks ladies for the review. The inside insights and humor were appreciated. My SO said let’s go see it, I had heard a little about it but not a lot when I noticed I was only one of maybe 3 men in the theater I figured..hmm. Matthew was true Matthew. Keep the tweets flying Bubbles.

By: Elle

Elle — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 04:42:51 +0000

I like the witty verbage between the two of you, the movie doesn’t interest me, but reading this was tickling.

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By: story

story — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 05:28:31 +0000

i actually agree with v.j. but the delicious visuals in the movie made me happy enough to overlook it all. i was wondering if anyone else had the post-magic-mike syndrome where all real men looked puny and awkward for the next 24 hours. kind of a downer.

By: v.j.

v.j. — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 18:12:20 +0000

I had a completely different experience of the film. While it began seemingly ripe with ideas: The Kid’s attraction to Mike, Mike’s ennui and his ambitions, Dallas’ vanity, none were ever fully realized. I got the sense the director and the studio realized a considerable group of women and some gay men would happily part with their money to see Channing Tatum, McConaughey, and other’s bare ass cheeks. Thus, becoming a very cynical project. Am I the only one perturbed by Mike’s relationship with Brooke–in addition to her acting? Not once were we told why he might like her and, frankly, why he’d give up his life savings and a well paying job in order to impress someone who clearly despise him. I hate that it became a morality tale in the end and served to validate misconceptions about strippers: that they can’t have a rich inner life, that they’re overwhelmed by shame and excess. Look, many of us are made to feel ill at ease about our chosen profession and find partners that only make us fell worse, but until the last few minutes of a poor edited film, I never got the sense that Mike felt bad about his job. It was a means to an end AND a profession in which he’d put considerable amount of thought and energy into. What will Mike do now negative then thousand dollars, a back breaking construction job, and a girlfriend who will never come to terms with his stripper past? If Soderbergh knew anything about the sex industry, a sequel would show Mike five months later, by then he would’ve left Brooke after her frequent slut shaming, he’d be worse for wear after one construction shift too many, and headed to Miami to beg for his job back.