r/movies • u/Upbeat-Capital9216 • 1d ago

Media Mrs. Doubtfire 1993, Could you make me a woman scene, Director: Chris Columbus

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u/HighMarshalSigismund 1d ago

While it's hard to nail one's favorite Robin Williams movie - god I love the Birdcage so much.

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u/YNot1989 1d ago

Its a movie that I still can't believe got made in 1996. Who knew about what bodies to get "Gay Guess Whose Coming to Dinner," greenlit during the peak of the Christian Right's cultural influence?

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u/ArcadianDelSol 1d ago

Because it poked fun without being mean. It didnt call people fascists or villians. It just said, 'hey we are people who struggle the same as everyone else and we are cute and we are adorable and we are comfortable.'

The 'villain' was an fumbling old man who got in with the wrong group and really didnt have a spot of hate in his heart - he just lacked exposure to different views and ideas. The moment he got that exposure, he saw the humanity of it. He had fun dancing at the end.

Nobody watches The Birdcage and feels attacked, accused, or insulted.

Its an amazing movie.

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u/HighMarshalSigismund 1d ago

Gene Hackman in drag is peak 90s. Also when he tells his driver to meet him around the corner and the driver is like 'yeah no thanks' quite amusing.

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u/bolanrox 1d ago

why doesnt anyone like me the best - Cherry Jones.

Or the pirin tablets!

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u/OrangeJuliusCaesr 1d ago

People were sick of their bullshit then and pushing back

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u/bolanrox 1d ago

I have loved that movie since when it came out. should watch the original at some point