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THAT's what's important in this discussion. It's a book, and it's a movie. It's fictional fantasy imagined by Margaret Mitchell. No doesn't have to mean no in fiction. (Doesn't have to mean no in real life either, but I wouldn't take any chances unless I was engaged in a for sure woman-constructed rape fantasy - which I've been told is a common one for many ladies. Men have a lot to lose if they're not very sure about their partner.)

Not any kind of geek, thank heavens. Spader performances I enjoy the most are probably 'Sex, Lies and Videotape' and 'Crash'. Also liked his clever evilness in 'Wolf'. I like him in just about everything I've seen him in.

She wanted him to do it. He knew it. She was happy that he did it. That's romance, not rape. It's not bad behavior either because it was a private matter between them. People do their romance their way, dance their dance.

Will this torment never end?

They weren't supposed to. That was always the key to why Marilyn was so successful. It was the dream of the average man that she could be available to him. It was played that way time and again - and we loved it. And it helped that she was matrimonially connected to average-looking men in real life - that reinforced her endearment to us.

Rudely was the family name at one time. After my great uncle, Ruttiger Rudely.

What's that dot on the inside-back of her leg? Is that a mole? Oh, and hey - there's another one on the calf of her other leg. What are those?

The hard-core sex is the ruination of an otherwise fascinating film. Only the 70's could have produced something like that, though. How I love the courage of filmmaking from then.

We're all watching for you to post it as soon as you can, Holden.

Well, twinkeee anyway - wherever she may be.

Don't think I've ever mentioned how much I liked the music of the 90's. I remember as my daughter was getting ready to enter high school, this one-hit wonder was being played and I taped the song and would play it in the car all the time - telling her "now don't forget these important high school etiquette lessons" (I'm such a card). I'd always crank this. Forever immature, ay. Nada Surf - Popular

Wow! A 12 year-old thread! Just think - all these posters from 2003 are dead now.

Not in the least. It's all a dance and intuition does the leading.

Me too. I was looking forward to burning a DVD for my collection. Instead I just erased it from my Hard Drive.

And still no one's reading it. Being interested in Shirley Jones' sex life is like being interested in Harriet Nelson's or June Allyson's. Vanilla women = no one really wants to know.

And his lady friends? Just "beard" friends I guess. The only characters I thought to be homosexual were the murderers, and maybe the murdered.

Wow! So you knew Bozo, like, 9 or 10 years before I did.

Romance.

Hey, Bogie - wake me up when you get to the letter "S". I can't wait to see what you pick for James Spader and Eric Stolz.

No surprise there. I knew Uncle Bobby was a drunk just by looking at him - and I was just a kid. But, as a kid, I knew a lot of drunks on my side of the tracks.

How about based on a modicum of discretion? Maybe a little common sense? "Rape" is a serious word for a serious crime and a serious accusation. Frivolous use of the word isn't just inappropriate; it's irresponsible.

Rich, this is torture. We need a new poll, and fast.

He's glib, witty, and one of "the beautiful people". That's why it's one of my favorite James Stewart performances. For a change he's not Joe Everyman with a drawl. But homosexual? There's nothing in the movie to indicate such. In the source material that the movie was based upon - if someone says so, whatever. But in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rope', there is absolutely no reason to think James Stewart is homosexual.

OMG, Richard. Back in the day, as a 13 year-old, I loved that show so much. I remember my heart being broken by its cancellation after a single season. One thing I never forgot was how Elmer Bernstein's theme would soar, right after Joseph Cotten's opening introductory remarks that would always finish with "on Hollywood and the Stars". I've been humming that theme for half a century. Here it is:

Basically, I agree with this. When people pre-fix the word "basically", it signifies that what they're telling you is being put as simply as possible and that if you don't understand it, you've got a problem.