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Snowbirdy t1_j8v916n wrote

Reply to comment by DatDudefromWI in TIL the phrase “you can’t handle the truth” was created/ improvised by Jack Nicholson. The movie's original screenplay boasted the line "You already have the truth," which Nicholson trimmed to "You can't handle the truth." by SixedSigma

No, she was just portrayed as someone who doesn’t have sex on the first date. I have friends who are long, happily married, and very faithful, who have filthy sense of humor. Heck, my last serious relationship, she would not even kiss me on the first date, and then ended up being the best sex of my life.

But the humor also comes from the incongruity. So if we set aside the real world and just look at the comedy, the fact that you spend the whole movie thing and she’s a prude and then she has this scene makes it funnier.

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looktowindward t1_j8v2ft9 wrote

Reply to comment by SteelMarch in TIL the 'Negro Motorist Green Book' was based on an earlier 'Jewish Vacation Guide' book which outlined places that Jews were not unwelcome to stay in America in 1917. by aripy

Restrictive covenants predated Levittowns. That William Levitt did this is hardly representative of the views of Jews, most of whom were subject to restrictive covenants and other forms of racial redlining. In my parents subdivision, all the Jews were restricted to one street. In the 1970s. I though it was wonderful that we had Jewish neighbors when I was a kid. I didn't know that it was the only street in the neighborhood that realtors would show to Jews.

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DatDudefromWI t1_j8uv37n wrote

Reply to comment by Snowbirdy in TIL the phrase “you can’t handle the truth” was created/ improvised by Jack Nicholson. The movie's original screenplay boasted the line "You already have the truth," which Nicholson trimmed to "You can't handle the truth." by SixedSigma

But there was also a scene where they were exchanging anecdotes about their (terrible) first dates following difficult breakups, and she was mortified when he casually mentioned that he slept with his date anyway. And of course when they slept together when she was upset over her ex getting engaged, she thought it meant much more than he did. So to me she was portrayed as a "one note prude" ... except for that single "I'll have what she's having" scene.

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