Freaky Friday?

Hi, FlyingPie,

There was actually a series many years ago called "Turnabout" that had this as its premise...A married couple who switched bodies.

Not sure how long it lasted...and I don't remember if it was any good. I do recall the ending, where they switched back (guess they managed to get there before getting cancelled!)


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"I suppose an interesting variation on the body-switching theme would be male-female body switching. A husband and wife switching bodies could be interesting and comical, as they would be able to hear what their spouse and friends say about them behind their back.. "

That's the ONLY interesting part of such switch that you could think of? What their friends say about them behind their back? Talk about shallow.. you must be a woman.

Anyways, that's been done already (multiple times) - and if your shallowness permits you to look outside Hollywood, you might actually realize this.

Here, Tenkousei (Transfer student):

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084778/

And then there's the modernized version by Morning Musume, a 'special' TV movie of the exact same theme, slightly changed storyline:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Musume:_Shinshun!_Love_Stories#Haikara-san_ga_Toru

It'd be probably relatively easy to find more, but as you can see, it's not that interesting a variation. And of course the moviemakers never dare venture too deep into areas that individuals most likely would, if this happened to them - like the differences of social dynamics between men vs. women (a woman can get as much sex as she wants very easily, a man has to work hard or pay to even get a little bit, for example) and the emotional-sexual confusion of having the opposite sex body all of the sudden.

Also, would a man who now lives in a woman's body, be aroused by men or women? He (now she) could suddenly get as much sex as he wants (a man's dream come true), but would he want to, because now it means having sex with men..? (perhaps he'd become a 'lesbian' or something)

These interesting questions are of course never thoroughly explored in such movies, which is a shame, but in this "politically correct" hypocritical world, a given. It couldn't be otherwise. But at least those movies do entertain way more interesting viewpoints and deeper philosophical questions than "what will my friends say behind my back" .. I mean, really - what kind of a human being has THAT question in their mind? Be honest to your friends, and be friends with only honest people, and there's no reason to think about such things.

If someone is really your friend, they won't say anything 'interesting' behind your back anyway.. how shallow relationships do you have, to have to ponder things of that nature? I wouldn't accept people in my life whom would say different things to my face and behind my back. Why would you?

In any case, it's a ridiculous thought, and it's like being given a time machine and all the resources of the universe, and the only thing you would use all that is to find out what people say behind your back .. unbelievable. What kind of an individual is even interested in such things? Why would anyone care about what people say 'behind their backs'?

Doesn't that kind of thinking belong to the world of manipulative gossip-hags that have a few screws loose? Sheesh.