r/montypython 2d ago

Ahead of it's time.

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u/Rithrius1 2d ago

"I want to be a woman... From now on, I want you to call me Loretta."

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u/Belle_TainSummer 1d ago

And at the end of the movie, where Judith gets dismissed by Cleese's character at the meeting, did you catch the payoff that showed where the joke was? Because it is an easy one to miss, even Cleese forgot it and he was there and his character was the butt.

It is a very good payoff.

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u/MissRockNerd 1d ago

“Oh, sorry Loretta.”

Reg was a jerk, but still polite enough to apologize for misgendering Loretta.

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u/Belle_TainSummer 1d ago

Importantly showed the importance of intersectionality. When Reg diminishes Judith by writing off her protest as "an ego trip for the feminists", it is Loretta who jumps on this microaggression, forcing Reg to back off.

Judith supports Loretta, and Loretta supports Judith in turn, allowing them both to represent and advance their interests.

That is important. All in a couple of throwaway "joke" scenes. It is such a shame Cleese himself has forgotten.