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To: Rambi who wrote (4477)	11/18/1997 3:13:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I could not agree more. I too hate passive women who allow others to "save" them. But alas, there are tons of women out there just like that. I don't think I want to see the movie again but I'm glad I saw it once.

To: Rambi who wrote (4477)	11/18/1997 4:28:00 PM
From: Gauguin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

Hi. Re: the movie "Slingblade"; I hate passive women too. Call the exterminator. (The good thing about offending passives is you don't get much response.) What about passive men? Maybe we just hate passive "people." (And aggressive men?) (Getting angry yet?) I appreciated the fact that the movie only insinuated the, well, hair splitting, and even resisted the usual visual "Gee do you get it" substitutes, like beet juice squirting the curtains. I think it would have been nice if he'd been wearing a Brave's baseball jacket at the time. Or if the bad guy's behavior had been explained, at precisely that moment, by a purple Barney squeak-toy popping out of his cranium. But what DID piss me off about the movie, was the wholesale quantities of passive taters. Who's our favorite strong women? (MJ liked the woman in ~ Terminator, I think it was. Forgot her name. The only part I saw was a preview, of her one-handed "chambering"? of a shotgun, and I LIKED IT ~ and ran back to the kitchen.) Uh-oh. Back to my den-cozy. See you Groundhog Day. (Bring my shades.) -Phil

To: Rambi who wrote (4477)	11/18/1997 5:51:00 PM
From: Averill Shepps	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

I just have to tout "The Full Monty", which I have seen twice. Forget all those other films. Zin has the right take on how to sell a ton of popcorn. I was reminded of the time I saw "Rocky Horror Picture Show" with my son's ex-girl friend. We threw toast at the appropriate moment, but it seems so tame compared to the Texas experience. I did not love the musical "Phantom" when I saw it in London. I felt like a heretic. Therefore your version seems much better. If I didnt' like it, I could throw lots more popcorn at the stage.