Sat May 20, 2023, 02:05 PM

kimbutgar (19,625 posts)

Last night we watched Victor/Victoria with Julie Andrews, James Garner and Robert Preston

After reading about all the anti LGBTQ laws going on in Florida and other red states I can’t help but think this movie would be banned. It was made in1982 and I remember seeing it then and enjoying it. My husband had never seen it and we talked about how this movie couldn’t have even been made now. Men dressing as a woman and a woman dressing like a man and a woman pretending to be a gay man who is a drag queen. I read Peter Sellers was supposed to have the Robert Preston role

Blake Edwards was a genius.

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Last night we watched Victor/Victoria with Julie Andrews, James Garner and Robert Preston (Original post)	kimbutgar	May 2023	OP
Even then, some things were changed for sensitivity... in the play vs the movie...	FreepFryer	May 2023	#1
"A woman....pretending to be a man.... pretending to be a woman."	CurtEastPoint	May 2023	#2
Former Detroit Lion Alex Karras	ProudMNDemocrat	May 2023	#3
She was FABULOUS!!!!	Grins	May 2023	#6
I love this movie!	Diamond_Dog	May 2023	#4
The original was made in Germany in 1933	Ghost of Tom Joad	May 2023	#5
If they were smart, the studio would re-release it.	Grins	May 2023	#7
Wonderful movie!!! And Alex Karras is adorable!!!	Karadeniz	May 2023	#8
I have this movie on DVD and love it.	halfulglas	May 2023	#9
Never saw it. Not specifically because of the obvious gender fluidity of it,	Wounded Bear	May 2023	#10
and it had a PG rating	dsc	May 2023	#11

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Sat May 20, 2023, 02:14 PM

FreepFryer (7,062 posts)

1. Even then, some things were changed for sensitivity... in the play vs the movie...

In the movie, King Marchand witnesses Victoria bathe and realizes she is a woman, and then makes his move to kiss and seduce her - in the play he has no such direct knowledge and follows his heart.

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Sat May 20, 2023, 02:14 PM

CurtEastPoint (18,167 posts)

2. "A woman....pretending to be a man.... pretending to be a woman."

One of my absolute favorite movies.

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Sat May 20, 2023, 02:20 PM

ProudMNDemocrat (14,990 posts)

3. Former Detroit Lion Alex Karras

Was a hoot in that film. As was the brilliant Lesley Ann Warren.

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Sat May 20, 2023, 03:04 PM

Grins (6,752 posts)

6. She was FABULOUS!!!!

Still remember her in that movie!

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Sat May 20, 2023, 02:22 PM

Diamond_Dog (29,309 posts)

4. I love this movie!

Now I want to watch it again!

DeSantis and the homophobes would go absolutely apoplectic over it.

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Sat May 20, 2023, 02:24 PM

Ghost of Tom Joad (1,328 posts)

5. The original was made in Germany in 1933

Viktor Victoria before the complete take over of the film industry by nazis. Basically the same story.

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Sat May 20, 2023, 03:05 PM

Grins (6,752 posts)

7. If they were smart, the studio would re-release it.

…alas…

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Sat May 20, 2023, 03:06 PM

Karadeniz (21,488 posts)

8. Wonderful movie!!! And Alex Karras is adorable!!!

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Sat May 20, 2023, 03:28 PM

halfulglas (1,654 posts)

9. I have this movie on DVD and love it.

When I loan it out I sometimes have trouble getting it back because they want to watch it just one more time, etc. It's so witty. The music is fun and I adore James Garner and Julie Andrews together, not to mention Robert Preston.

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Sat May 20, 2023, 03:37 PM

Wounded Bear (57,204 posts)

10. Never saw it. Not specifically because of the obvious gender fluidity of it,

just never deeply interested me beyond a passing interest, I guess. Always was intrigued, and have heard many great comments about it.

But then, I'm not much of a movie-goer, especially over the last 20 years or so.

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Sat May 20, 2023, 03:45 PM

dsc (51,936 posts)

11. and it had a PG rating

this was before the PG13 was created in the mid 1980's. Now it might well cause boycotts at theaters. Now you did have to suspend disbelief that Julie Andrews would audition and not get a singing job but amazing film.

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