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The Atlantic Declares ‘When Harry Met Sally’ Sexist, ‘Quiet Cruelty’
2019-07-24
Humorless lefty decides cute movie has to offend her some way, finally finds a reason. Personally, I find most ideas pooped out by lefty deconstructionists offensive.
[BREITBART] So you thought that When Harry Met Sally ‐ the classic 80s rom-com which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary with a competition at Katz’s deli in New York to see who could do the best fake orgasm ‐ was a triumph for its writer Nora Ephron, its star Meg Ryan, and the depiction of rounded, female characters generally?
Think again, sexist bigot!

In fact ‐ so we learn from The Atlantic’s resident kill-joy movie analyst Megan Garber ‐ When Harry Met Sally set back the cause of feminism by years thanks to its crass invention of a term which has haunted womankind ever since: "High maintenance."

Posted by:Fred

#7  I have been reading a collection of Agatha Christie's Ms Marple novels, written before (in some cases long before) even Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend came out, and the concept was very much there, even if the words weren't. Some women have very expensive tastes, and a great many women require a great deal of attention, even if they don't necessarily need a lot of money.
Posted by: Vernal Hatrick   2019-07-24 17:26  

#6  
Sorry, Mr. McCoy. Yesterday, after only one day of being on your best behaviour, you decided you were entitled to be an ass. Clearly a one-day time out is not enough to nail home the idea that good manners are for every day, not just to get out of trouble. So today you don’t get to post, no matter how sensible your words.

— trailing wife for the moderators at 6:30 pm EDT
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2019-07-24 16:17  

#5  The only reason the term took off with Harry and Sally was because it applied so well to many.

One would think being a less difficult person would be more of priority over simply complaining about the term.
Posted by: ruprecht   2019-07-24 15:18  

#4  Come to think of it. My floor RA in 1973 broke up with his GF after her father offered him $50K a year for life to marry her. He started watching her and quickly realized nothing he ever earned even with what was then a large subsidy could ever cover her costs...
Posted by: 3dc   2019-07-24 12:30  

#3  The term "High maintenance" predates that movie by many many decades. It didn't invent the term, after all "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" is essentially the same concept many decades before. Oh and my friends and I used to factor in "High maintenance" when dating in the 60s and 70s. I am sure our fathers and grandfathers did the same.
Posted by: 3dc   2019-07-24 12:26  

#2  I'm so old I remember when The Atlantic was worth reading.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-07-24 10:25  

#1  Well, 3rd wave feminists as defined by their personal hygiene, are not high maintenance.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2019-07-24 02:05  

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