No one has mentioned this particular scene. Perhaps it was censored in most versions? Is the audience to believe that they were homosexual or was it the norm, like in Lincoln's time, for men to sleep in the same bed together? I don't buy the excuse that there was a shortage of beds at the Inn.
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shareI agree with other posters - They were not gay but the 'joke' was that they had to share a bed together.
And, it was quite cute when Basil backed-up to cover-up his friend's naked chest.
'That's not a hairstyle, it's a cry for help!'
My god, IQs are dropping round here like flies. Hitchcock *sets up* the joke that people in the hotel *think* they are homosexual, hence the knowing looks from the maid finding them in bed together. If they actually were that wouldn't be funny at all. I don't see how this could be any more obvious.
Best comment on the entire thread. Have people really got so dim-witted or dirty-minded that they can't even appreciate a joke anymore?
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Many years ago there was a popular show in the UK called Morecambe and Wise. This pair of comediennes would do set scenes throughout their show. One common one involved them playing a pair of bachelors who vhatted whilst in bed together.
It may seem odd now but it wasn't considered then - in the 1970's. Going back to the 1930's and a shortage of rooms it seems perfectly reasonable they would share a bed.
Fatima had a fetish for a wiggle in her scootshare
Of course they are gay. The first 20 minutes are all about establishing the characters. Hitch tried to put in as many types of people as he could, and then show how each type of person reacts to a stressful and eventually deadly situation. Just like most of his other movies-it is a satire and a serious look at society and the results.
shareThe answer to all of this is found in a much later program, on TV. An episode of the "Drew Carey Show" had the following lines:
"But we don't have a gay guy!"
"No, but we have Mr Wick. He's British. That's the same thing."
"You're right."
Most men are not sexually aroused by other men. They are not 'twits' they are comedians and some of the 'driest' and most English comedians ever. They are sharing pajamas (one has the top and the other the bottom) because their 2nd pair got wet in a scene that didn't make it into the film. You can see the wet pajamas hanging up however.
shareI think people are looking at this film through modern eyes. There doesn't HAVE to be a homosexual subtext in EVERY film. People nowadays are like the Victorians, seeing sex everywhere. People will be claiming next that the nun wearing high heels was a reference to some sort of kinky fetish next!
C&C in bed is just comedy, the same as Laurel and Hardy in bed. The British comedians Morecambe and Wise copied the idea from L&H, as did Father Ted and Father Dougal (although they had separate beds they still shared a bedroom). The humour exists in the fact that, as any heterosexual man will know, there's an inherent embarrassment and awkwardness in having to share a bed with another man.
Agreed. What a demented world it's become!
shareIf you really want to get sexy, how about having to share a bed with John Candy like Steve Martin did in 'TRAINS, BOATS, PLANES'
sharethey have to share a bed because there is a shortage of rooms. there is not meant to be any implication that they are homosexual at all. the bond between them is their passion for cricket, not a passion for each other.
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