Some Like It Hot (Fri Feb 2)

I went to see Some Like It Hot directed by Billy Wilder. One of the main parts of the film that stick out to me is the costuming. Marilyn Monroe’s dresses are quite revealing for 1959, but it shows how Hollywood uses sex to sell the movie. Marilyn Monroe sets a new standard for women in Hollywood by making curves popular in the movies and the United States. The film shows the change in the movie industry to more sexual content. We see more kissing than in previous movies like the scene between Joe and Sugar on the yacht.
It also makes fun of the female standard by using the joke of two straight men dressing up as women as an escape. Women are represented as pretty items to accompany men. Even the all-girls band the main characters join is average and not up to par with an all-male band. Sugar points this out when she is talking to Jerry and Joe on the train.
The comedy of the film is what made it successful. The movie is filled with one-liners from beginning to end including the final line “Nobody’s perfect” from Osgood which pokes fun at man’s imperfections. Jerry tried so hard to keep up with his feminine character until he decides to give up, and he discovers he made things harder on himself than needed. Also, the audience is built up to believe that Jerry will lose Osgood when he confesses he is a man, so the unusual response surprises the viewers and makes it funny.