“Shelley acknowledges that Diane is a royal pain in the posterior to Cheers’ patrons, employees and even Sam. But she also is endearing and, of all things, sexy.
We are not dealing with a Bo Derek here. Diane is not the stuff of which posters are made, as Shelley would be first to admit.
But Diane, like Shelley, is utterly feminine, especially in those moments when she is most earnestly and painfully on a feminist kick.
This is an almost impossible trick to turn for male viewers, but Shelley plays it with the virtuousity of a concert artist. Betty Friedan could take notes.
‘The sexuality is something I don’t consciously set out to do,’ Shelley said, musing aloud as is Diane’s wont. ‘I think it’s the chemistry between Sam and Diane.’”
—excerpt from Vernon Scott, “Bolstered By Summer Showing, ‘Cheers’ Off to Second Season”, UPI, September 22, 1983.
This time next week.. i would have purchased this film.. SO FUCKING EXCITED
I don’t know why I loved this movie so much. It might have been the cheesy special effects matched with the (in my opinion) stunningly creative, yet campy sets and general mise-en-scène. Maybe it was Jane Fonda. I think it was Barbarella’s enduring naïveté and, most likely, the overall attitude toward sex in the movie which was really refreshing and endearing. And so, so adorable.
Farrah Fawcett
365 FILMS - MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE
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