In Which I Substitute an Email Exchange With Melissa for an Actual Post

I was just scrubbing the kitchen at my folks' house, where I will be until after my mother's latest hip replacement. Out of the corner of my eye I caught an ad for the new film Letters to Juliet, which led to the following email exchange:

From: [SKM]
Subject: Did I mishear...
Date: May 10, 2010 1:57:47 PM CDT
To: [Melissa]

...or did the ad for Letters to Juliet that just ran on The Food Network feature a blond white dude saying to his blond, white girlfriend, "If I met my Juliet, I'd just grab her from that balcony and be done with it!"?

Really?

I must have misheard.

I fear I did not.

But then, I am scrubbing the kitchen...

From: [Melissa]
Subject: RE: Did I mishear...
Date: May 10, 2010 2:03:48 PM CDT
To: [SKM]

Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear oh dear.

I watched Romancing the Stone this weekend -- y'know, because it was on, so I HAD to watch it! -- and I was despairing to Iain how that movie would never get made today, because Joan Wilder ultimately saves herself and her sister, while Jack T. Colton is off wrestling with an alligator (or crocodile, or wev).

I'm sad for girls growing up today.

From: [SKM]
Subject: Re: Did I mishear...
Date: May 10, 2010 2:23:45 PM CDT
To: [Melissa]

Yes! I watch Romancing The Stone whenever it's on, too. Can't. Stop. Watching!

Other movies that would never get made today: Jumpin' Jack Flash and Warlock.

From: [Melissa]
Subject: RE: Did I mishear...
Date: May 10, 2010 2:25:20 PM CDT
To: [SKM]

Dragonslayer.

Tootsie.

Yentl.

From: [SKM]
Subject: Re: Did I mishear...
Date: May 10, 2010 2:31:05 PM CDT
To: [Melissa]

Have we had a thread on this? If not, sounds ripe for one of those "in which I substitute email with Liss for a post" numbers...

From: [Melissa]
Subject: RE: Did I mishear...
Date: May 10, 2010 2:41:25 PM CDT
To: [SKM]

If we have, it's been a looooooong while. Maybe a QotD once upon a time.

Go for it!

[H]ere are some more of my nominees, which you are welcome to use or not use as you see fit. :)

Labyrinth

Lady Jane

Splash (yes, Splash -- he goes to live in HER world!)

Btw, on the flipside of this, there are some movies being made now that WOULDN'T have been made when we were kids, like Whale Rider and Akeelah and the Bee and Quinceñera (all of which I love), so there's that.

Which brings up an interesting point about how marginalized girls are carrying the torch of feminism, while privileged girls are cast as the stars in the backlash. Interesting, that.

Yes. Interesting. Feel free to discuss.