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I didn't get the joke at the end

posted 10 years ago by MaxZusman
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"A double bed"? what? someone please explain to me.

[–] XSIV4C 10 years ago

Not sure if you are joking so i will answer. A double bed for the two of them to sleep in after they are married. practical, right?

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[–] Errington_92 10 years ago

It was sexual innuendo. Most admit I felt The Trouble with Harry was quite risque for its time. I cannot think of many films during the Hays code period which were blatant about sexual attraction.

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[–] PurpleProseOfCairo 8 years ago

It would have been VERY risqué at the time. I am sometimes bemused at the things that are presented *beep* and in code in movies from back then. The very idea of a PREGNANT WOMAN seems to send men into a tailspin - like there'll be a visual gag about a woman who looks pregnant, but it turns out she's holding a cushion or something and the guy will look comically relieved, mop his brow etc. So the very WORDS "double bed" are probably the 1955 equivalent of a money-shot in today's movies.