Am I a prude?

[Cricketbat70]

So last week I went to the cinema to watch Oppenheimer. So we know the character played by Florence Pugh (Jean Tatlock) had an affair with Oppenheimer but did we really need that scene? Surely that part of his life could have been told without that scene. And that is all the film seemed to focus on with Jean, but there was so much more to her life than that. I felt it didn't add anything to the film.
Thoughts

 

[WayneKerr]

Spoiler alert

 

[Cricketbat70]

Well I was trying not to put too much detail in there

 

[Gray]

You'd better close your eyes when Ken and Barbie get going.

 

[Cricketbat70]

You'd better close your eyes when Ken and Barbie get going.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

[davidf]

I think I know the scene you’re talking about. Bit of an arty scene that would look more at home in an erotic thriller like Basic Instinct, and given the period of the film, felt out of place.

 

[jjbomber]

You'd better close your eyes when Ken and Barbie get going.

I thought Ken came in the box?

 

[Leon74]

You'd better close your eyes when Ken and Barbie get going.

I wouldn't expect too much:

"Regardless of Mattel’s intentions, it’s hard to deny what the eye can see. Despite the name, **** rings at the time were used as a fashion accessory and a sign of defiant queerness and sex positivity. As a result, gay men bought the doll in droves, and despite Mattel ultimately recalling the doll and wiping away any trace of Earring Magic Ken, it was near-impossible to see Ken as anything but the glorious homosexual he was born to be from then on. Mattel spent the next couple of decades trying to retain Ken’s more heteronormative, masculine image, but the veil was lifted, and there was no going back."

"While I have a feeling the new Barbie movie will put in the work to convince us that Ken is a hetero dude who loves nothing in life more than Barbie herself, the writing’s already on the wall: Ken is, and always will be, Barbie’s gay best friend."

Ken Has Always Been Barbie’s Gay Best Friend—Not Her Boyfriend

For years, people have questioned what role Ken really plays in Barbie’s life. But the truth is in plain sight: Ken’s not boyfriend material. At least, not for Barbie.

www.thedailybeast.com

There! In black and white