Whitney’s Rebuttal:




Elizabeth, you certainly are smart, and I appreciate you pointing that out and insinuating that I don’t suffer under that knowledge every day of my waking life (and sometimes my sleeping one). I loved everything you had to say about Strangers on a Train, especially your special segment about the women. You know I love women! Now here is something: How did Robert Walker die? If you say that he was killed by a carousel, I’m gonna crap my pants. Speaking of death, I nearly had a heart attack when you said “crazy is in the eyes.” You of all people would know, what with living in San Diego and all. That and the fact that you’re staring at crazy every time you look in the mirror. Speaking of people not right in the head, it’s interesting how we both raised the gay question, even though mine was not curiosity about the storyline. Hilarious you saying Farley Granger is a Jimmy Stewart/Keanu Reeves mish-mash-mixem-up, and I did chew on it, Liz. I chewed, and I laughed. When you were talking about Miriam being the slut that she is, I was thinking that, at the time, probably nobody had seen a female character like that in a movie. The women in film back then were usually a little more reserved and not such dick parking lots. What’s-her-face does kind of look like Sean Young, but then again, Sean Young looks like everybody, so hey. All I can say is Einhorn is Finkle; Finkle is Einhorn, and Einhorn is a man. I will take your advice, Liz, and not talk to strangers, because I do not want someone to kill my wife in the park. Suck it, bitch.

Liz’s Rebuttal:




I have to say, I’m a tad bit confused right now. Did you like this movie? I can’t tell! I’m going to guess and say that you liked parts of it, but overall you didn’t enjoy this film. But I could be wrong. Couple things:

1. Farley Granger is indeed gay in real life. While making notes during the film, I wrote “gay???” next to Bruno’s name at one point, then after the fact did a little research and discovered there is a gay undertone theory to this movie. Interesting.
2. I often hear people ask the question you posed about the way that people speak in older movies. I have to say that it isn’t something I think about while watching these movies; I just enjoy them the way they are. So I don’t know.
3. I did see good ol’ Alfred in the movie, and yes, he’s in them all! It is his trademark. You would think that in today’s age of narcissistic Hollywood types we would see this more often than we do.
4. When you “mistakenly” said that Bruno strangled Sarah Palin, I laughed. Out loud. They do look alike!
5. I guess people may have died after the carousel went bonkers; I hadn’t thought about that. And yes, it did symbolize the American dream going down the toilet. Very insightful.