No Means Yes

Thought this might enrich our approach to the Funny Girl “date rape” question, dear CF. Judy’s playing with fire here, pushing the No Means Yes trope for all its worth. My inclination, re: Funny Girl, is to say (insert Judy’s molasses-sweet voice here) no, no, no no no. But then, I’ve had my “nos” respected [...]

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Welcome to the Red Room

I think this  might be Streisand’s version of Mitchell and Webb’s “Now We Know.”  If this scene for seduction were lingerie, I think it starts out wearing her, but ends with her owning it?

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The Mermaids, Singing

While watching Funny Girl, I kept wanting to apply the plot from Disney’s The Little Mermaid.  It doesn’t completely hold up, but is fun to consider.

Red hair.
The view from the bottom (Fanny’s Henry Street her own little ocean kingdom)
The singing, usually about yearning or adorable shenanigans.
Legs as the beauty ideal.  Fanny is constantly referencing her [...]

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