Can One Be a Straight Male and Still Dig Olivia? - Xanadu (1980) Discussion

Absolutely! Being fabulous isn't limited to us enchanted fairies.

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"Absolutely! Being fabulous isn't limited to us enchanted fairies'

LOL!!! I'm straight too and I find myself appreciating gays more and more as I age(I am 36)...overall they have style and many have a good sense of humour. I must be a lesbian trapped in a dude's body

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[–] juse33 15 years ago

"I'm straight too and I find myself appreciating gays more and more as I age:

..... Don't encourage that disgusting crap please!

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[–] lroy77 13 years ago

You can be a straight female and dig Olivia, for Pete's sake! She is good friends with Cliff Richard (who is VERY sexy!). They both sing Suddenly (the recording studio scene).

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[–] michalukbalan 11 years ago

It's pretty much a requirement for women who want to date me that you must adore this movie and movie soundtrack! Some of the reactions to this info have been very interesting....

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[–] Clothes-Off 17 years ago

No. Your feelings about her are totally invalid until you "do it" with a man.

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[–] boltgod19 17 years ago

im gay but i have to admit im nto big into her, i didnt gropw up during the era i was born in '82 after all. my sister has a lot of her stuff on vinyl though.

im a bigger fan of Roxette.

i thought the movie moved slow in the beginning but got really good at the end.

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[–] gav-14 17 years ago

She's a very attractive woman. I'd be surprised if straight males _weren't_ into her.

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[–] kmer2 16 years ago

Look, i am straight, married male. Born in 62, making me 46.

Olivia was absolutely the hottest woman on the planet when she made this movie, and frankly, I was hooked. Even now, I think about what she looked/looks like, and wished I was a multi-million dollar baseball player or something like that, because I would have done about anything to hook up with her.

Even the Physical video was smoking, although it was completely ruined with all those men bouncing around and holding hands, etc., but Olivia in spandex??? I'd watch all day, every day!

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[–] Rufus-T 17 years ago

When she made Xanadu, she already past her prime. Even then, she was still every boy's wet dream. I thought a bigger mistake she made than being in this movie wearing those weird looking customs at the end was being in that idiotic "Physical" video.

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[–] Renderking_Fisk 16 years ago

As a straight man, a writer, an artist, I had my first crush on Olivia. You could say she was my muse to become a better man.

To say only gays can dig Olivia is pretty narrow minded, self-serving and maybe bigoted.

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[–] jmbwithcats 16 years ago

I agree that's fairly ignorant. I'm straight and I had a huge crush on Olivia in the 80s when I was a little kid.

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[–] stlmetro 16 years ago

Past her prime at 32? That idiotic Physical was the number one song for 10 weeks straight and the best selling song of the entire decade. The video won the very first Grammy awarded for short form video.

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[–] Rufus-T 13 years ago

What I meant there was that she was so beautiful that even in her 30s, she was still every boy's wet dream. I would say her prime was during the mid 70s when she was known only as a singer.

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[–] vastolive8 16 years ago

More than fine, she was & still is beautiful to this day, a classy lady

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[–] LuPonismIsMyReligion 16 years ago

Nope, Ur Gay. :)

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[–] bobbo-30 16 years ago

No, screw all of that. She's my dream girl, even to this day. I'm 38 now, and she is stil 21 in my mind...even in TWO OF A KIND, she holds this "magic" quality that I find astounding. Just a crush, probably, y'know? Right?

Right?

"Only a fool would say that." --STEELY DAN

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[–] guely55 16 years ago

HELL YEAH!! I'm one of many living examples. Take my word for it. Don't get the "gay monopoly" on her. She's just so pure...
Or are you ladies and gentlemen talking about the relationship between Kelly and Beck?

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[–] TOMASBBloodhound 16 years ago

It's more than possible, my friend. I'm straighter than a flag pole on a calm day in January. And I was raised on Olivia thanks to my big sister. I acted like I hated Olivia back then, but after growing up I found myself to be very appreciative of Olivia's music. And I also realized that she was very hot. When you're a little kid, you don't notice these things. Olivia rocks! And Xanadu is a lot of fun.

Many "gay" things are a lot of fun. Xanadu, Wizard of Oz, Rocky Horror, and Perezhilton.com are some of my faves. Hell, even Elton John grows on you if you listen to him enough.

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