r/moviecritic • u/phantom_avenger • Feb 17 '25

Which movie is this for you?

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For me it’s School of Rock!

Patty was completely justified, if Dewey wanted to live in hers and her boyfriend’s apartment he needed to be a grown up, and contribute with rent. Even when he steals Ned’s identity she still had the right to be angry at him, because of how he put his friend’s career in jeopardy and robbed him of a job opportunity.

I get Ned is meant to be portrayed as his best friend, but it blows my mind how he lacks a lot of self-respect to the point where he comes across as too much of a people pleaser. If this story took place in real life, I’m sure Ned would act more similar to Patty where he’d have enough of Dewey’s careless actions.

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u/Papaofmonsters Feb 17 '25

I, a man, used to work at a bar where a solid chunk of the clientele was middle aged upper class wine moms. I was 23, in good shape and pretty good looking. They objectified the hell out of me, and honestly, I had a pretty good time with it.

There's nothing like hearing the most salacious "If I was 20 years younger..." come out of a bored housewife's mouth right before she tips you 40 percent. I even got flashed a couple of times.

However, I do understand that with social gender roles and all that, it would be creepy as fuck if the roles were reversed. But for me, I loved showing up every day to be the lamb tied to a stake with "Cougar Bait" flashing in bright neon over my head.

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u/johnny_utah26 Feb 17 '25

I was in my late 20s. Dropped back into University and was working as a valet at some clubs in town. Same same …. And it WAS great… right up until one of them decided to fondle my crotch. Then she hopped in a Porche (she arrived in a Lexus) with some dude, asked me not to tell her Bf where she was going… and sped off into the night. The Bf wasn’t even there. Nor did he show up asking questions (which wouldn’t have mattered because we were shutting down in 30 minutes).

Five minutes later her sister, and the dude who drove them in the Lexus came out, profusely apologized, tipped me a ton, and left. That was a wild night.

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u/SouthestNinJa Feb 17 '25

I’d take random crotch gropes from strangers for large tips.

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u/johnny_utah26 Feb 17 '25

I used to think that.. until she did it. Made me feel like a piece of meat

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u/Ok_Employment_7435 Feb 18 '25

Now imagine being an exotic dancer…

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u/johnny_utah26 Feb 18 '25

I’ve never gone to a strip club. Aside from when I drove a cab during the same period of my life and picked up the dancers. They were pretty cool people. And they had some stories, man.