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Naked guys playing the piano??!!!What in the world?


I turned it off. The movie was just to stupid for me. Didn't make sense.

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That's a minor character. Stick with it. I love this movie-not often the case when I re-watch a favorite from my youth. This one holds up.
(Besides, you could practice the piano naked I suppose. It's safer than cooking.)

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Not me! Not with a house-hold of siblings and the piano in the living room!!
You can like this movie all you want, but I didn't. Just my opinion!

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Ha! Maybe it's because I was an only child (actually can't claim the thought of playing naked ever occured to me. Maybe his sleeves got in the way?) That dude was a minor character. If I had to pick a character that bugged me, it would be the Italian stud guy (the one from Saturday Night Fever.) He was funny but completely unrealistic. Ah well. Sentimental favorite.

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Richard Dryfuss got on my nerves. He's so much older than Amy Irving. He was mean to his parents too. ):

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He wasn't mean so much as he was oblivious. His goals were more important than anyone else's needs. He was like that with Amy too-which made me wish she would dump the schmuck and take up with the dude from Saturday Night Fever or even naked piano guy. Alas, no. The end does hint that he might have matured tho.

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Hahaha! I could see her and the naked guy playin' a duet in the nude!!!

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Songbird, he's only 6 years older! My husband is almost 8 years older than I am. It's not like some movies (As Good As it Gets), where the man could be the woman's grandfather!

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Also, the naked piano guy was gay as a goose, so that wouldn't be an option.

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Far be it from me to question your gaydar, but geese are gay?

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I am thinking that the guy is probably a naturist (nudist) or he is pulling himself out of a comfort zone (being clothed) as an excersize in concentration. Since nervousness is very uncomfortable.

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I assume you meant "too" stupid...

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He (the character; I don't know about the actor) is not gay. He comes onto Lee Remick's character near the end of the movie.

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