Black Widow

Furlough Film # 8
(Every furlough day Dublin and Robert Fong get together to view a film and have a discussion about it. This time Bob Fong's neighbor Paul joined them as well. The following is a transcript of that discussion.)

D: So here we are, another furlough film day with the the three of us.
R: It's been a minute.
D: Months in fact.
P: Why? I've e-mailed you both a bunch of times.
R: Me and Dublin have been doing it. We just haven't been calling you.
P: Why?
R: Because no one f__king likes you Paul.
(Silence)
D: He'a just playing. I think we've all been busy.
P: And my Netflix subscription is done. I haven't renewed it.
P: So what are we watching?
D: I thought Bob was bringing something.
R: F__k it. Put the f__king TV on. We'll find something to watch.
P: Wow.
(They flip through channels)
R: This is good!
D: The Patriot?
R: Mel Gibson made The Road Warrior. He's a hundred percent bad ass.
P: Mel Gibson is a prick. What's this?
D: It's just starting. Says it's "Black Widow" with Debra Winger.
P: Who?
R: It says there's nudity. Let's do it.
(They watch the movie)
D: That was interesting.
R: I hated it for a second but I could get into it. It was 80's like f__k but dope all the same.
P: The two leads we're great.
D: Debra Winger and Theresa Russell.
R: The one that change identities and murdered men was fine. Nice body.
D: It was a classic cat and mouse crime story. But the fact that it was two women kind of flipped it.
P: You don't see that a lot.
D: I remember seeing some of that movie as a kid and being pissed because it wasn't a comic book movie or something. Black Widow. Sounds like a person who wears tights at night.
P: The way the murderer changed her identity was cool. From New York socialite to rich Texas debutant to West coast intellectual. Really cool.
D: Yeah, Theresa Russell was pretty good. What happened to her?
R: Wiki says she did a lot of indie stuff. She was in Spider Man 3.
P: Was she? I don't remember.
R: Who would? That movie sucked a__.
D: Men didn't come off very good in this movie.
R: They were all idiots.
P: Even Debra Winger's boss was a boob. Remember he tried to play the father figure and then went for the feel when he was drunk at the poker game.
R: Oh yeah! Good for him.
D: Even the last guy, Paul, the one that survives. He was kind of a douche. He's hanging out with Debra Winger, feeling her, but then all the Black Widow has to do is give it up and next thing you know they're getting married.
R: A good piece of a__ goes a long way.
P: Men don't come off very good, you're right. The movie seems to make the argument that none of us can see beyond sex, even when our lives are in danger.
R: BBD tried to warn us. Don't trust a big butt and a smile.
D: That's why this movie is so intresting. Men play the side role while women battle it out center screen.
P: Yeah.
D: Women usally fill the role of victim or damsel in distress. Black Widow puts men in that role.
R: Good point. Are we gonna do this again?
D: Yes, but just turning on the TV and hoping that a good movie will come on isn't going to do it.
P: I have Netflix. I could bring movies.
R: As long as you promise it's not Ghost.
D: We could start talking TV. You know what I mean? We could start watching a show and and then get together and discuss.
R: That sounds as lame as a book club.
P: It could be fun. But we haven't got together in months. How are we going to start meeting once a week?
D: It'll be hard. We could start doing it in e-mail instead of actually getting together.
P: That could work. But what show?
R: How about Justified? That shit is raw.
D: The last episode of the season was on last night. That won't work. I like Community.
R: Hell no. I ain't watching no sitcom.
D: Bob, the show is hilarious.
P: What about Game of Thrones?
R: I don't have HBO. A f__king recession is on man.
P: Mad Men?
D: Everybody is discussing Mad Men.
R: It's true. The s__t is played out. Mad Men is nothing but a glorified soap opera.
D: Harsh. But there you go, we just discussed it.
P: Maybe we should stick to movies.
R: That's what I'm saying. TV is crap.
D: We could watch an old show. One on DVD.
R: The Sopranos!
P: I can't watch that. It's way too dark.
D: I love that show but again, way discussed and way over analyzed. We would be beating on the dust of a dead horse that's been beaten to dust.
P: I got to go. Can we figure this out some other time?
R: F__k you Paul. We'll leave when we leave.
D: It's fine. We'll talk about it later and see what's what. Black Widow is good by the way. If you missed it in the 80's go back and peep it.

Taken from a transcription by Peggy Menchstone on 04/09/12