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just who is this jackie o?

posted 18 years ago by roguekingofnothing
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ive been wondering a few things about the movie that i cant quite figure out...

1. what is jackie o's real name? do we ever know? i think its more effective if we dont, but i wasnt sure.

2. what is the missing painting? based on my house-of-usher theory (see my other thread), i think it may have been a picture of the mother and father, perhaps in their younger years?

3. does the pink brush have anything to do with the pink-chanel-suit-and-pill-box-hat? because jackie o really freaks out when she loses her brush: "yes it was pink goddammit, it was pink, it was pink and now its gone!" issues with the loss of her brother and the uselessness of the suit, eh?

4. the house of yes. yes. hm. is this because jackie o is, like lesley says, spoiled? and like her mother says, she gets what she wants? because for the most part, the title seems a bit ineffective and unfocused. until the end, of course, when jackie o ultimately does get her way, in a very bad way! then the title takes on a more powerful meaning. right?!

5. and other random wonderings: [a] what is goo made of? [b] do poor people really eat chicken pot pie (or pancakes for that matter)? [c] why does tori look like a pilgrim? [d] does the fact that they are all grown and still drinking "loving mothers milk" add to the incest-factor at all? [e] do brushes really make your hair gleam more than combs? [f] whats so bad about pennsylvania, dont they have a ton of chocolate or something?

6. what was your favorite line of the movie? i know its pretty impossible to pick just one, because every line is phenomenal.

[–] jhj-5 18 years ago

Hi,

1. I think her real name is Jackie, and that she took on the O herself. Her mother calls her Jackie, but not Jackie-O. But if I'm wrong, then it's never said.

3. They show it near the end just after Leslie and Marty's Sunday dream sequence. It does look like it matches the outfit.

4. Ya, I thought it was called that because everything is permitted. Jackie can have everything her way, she always has.

6. Ya, the movie aproaches flawless in my opinion, but here's a few.
Leslie's my fiancee. Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.
Anthony went out and bought a jacket and I went to alot of trouble to get sane. So you can't just leave. Leslie, on the other hand, is free to go at any time.
Goo is what tape is all about. Goo is what makes it tape, instead of paper.
Children just happen all the same. This one has blue eyes and that one's insane.
I don't think you're insane. I think you're just spoiled. Oh, please. If people are going to start telling the truth around here, I'm going to bed.
Do they have paintings in Pennsylvania?

[–] roguekingofnothing 18 years ago

i have to agree.... the jackie-o scream-laugh is one of the greatest things i have ever witnessed on film. parker posey is flawless. and youre right, the film is damn near flawless as well.

[–] seabass242 18 years ago

I just watched this movie again after a few years of not seeing it. I bought it on DVD because I remember enjoying it the first time i saw it.

I honestly think that this is the best female performance in a movie I have ever seen. I don't really care about award shows, but I dont see how this gets overlooked. Did it ?

Parker Posey is a phenom.

[–] bobertk 18 years ago

Jacqueline Kennedy's maiden name was Bouvier. She got the name Onassis when she married Aristotle Onassis, about four years after her husband's assassination.

[–] heeree9 18 years ago

I thought West Virginia was the supposed incest capitol...
Why call the Amish freaks of nature? It's not like they drink goat blood and sacrifice babies. Plus, they make some damn fine furniture!
Plus, not all of Pennsylvania is bad. Pittsburgh rules!

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[–] PunkRockAphrodite 18 years ago

I always thought the title didn't come from Jackie O's spoiledness. Before her dad left for all we know they were a happy family.

I always thought of the House of Yes as referring to the promiscuity. Anthony lies to sleep with women, and sleeps with his brother's fiance. Mr. Pacal left the wife, not because Jackie O was crazy, but because he probably had a girl on the side. Jackie O discusses her sex life quite liberally. She tried other men to get over Marty. Lesly talks about people she's slept with. And the big onse. Jackie O and Marty. The mother facilitates their relationship. She wants Jackie happy, Marty makes her happy. She's known about it all along, which is why she tried to get Lesly out of the house.

The Kennedys are known for their promiscuity, also. So the low moral standards had previously been set before the Pascals even moved in.

"So, Duffy, have any theories to go with that tie?" ~Paul Smecker, The Boondock Saints

[–] Lizard51867 18 years ago

I don't see the problem with making fun of the Amish on the Internet. It's not like they'll ever find out.

I think the House Of Yes refers to both their promiscuity, their unchecked conversations, and their extreme privelage. In the Pascal home, anything goes.

I actually didn't know that stereotype of PA, and I live there, although I am from Philadelphia.

I love Parkey Posey's scream/laugh and "Love is for tiny people with tiny lives." and "Your moral outrage is very specific, Anthony." (or something like that.)

[–] sharkgrrl666 18 years ago

best dialogue ever:
jackie-o: "i've noticed anthony's been wearing a lot of layers around me lately. look at him, he's wearing a tee-shirt, dress shirt, vest and a jacket."
marty: "i got it at the treasure trove. they say it belonged to a kennedy."
anthony: "why? did it have a bullet hole?"

[–] Panther74017 17 years ago

I've always enjoyed the line about screwing a mirror. That's a great scene all around. That and the one about her holding his penis as they came from the womb and it being in a medical book somewhere.

Guys who wear capes are on Angel Dust Be a hero w/o wearing your underwear outside of your clothes

[–] prspeed 16 years ago

I directed the play "The House of Yes" last year, and had to do massive amounts of research for it... The title, according to the author, comes from a personal experience when she was driving around the wealthy D.C. suburbs one day and kept seeing all these beautiful exteriors and wondering what went on inside. Later, she saw graffiti on a wall that mentioned a "house of yes," meaning "a world where people find themselves to be so above everything that they get what they want and don't understand the concept of 'no'." The pink hairbrush is to a: set up the joke later about hairbrushes and combs and Leslie only having a comb and b: to show that Jackie-O is mentally off balance with her freakout over not being able to find the hairbrush. Jackie-O's real name, as far as anyone knows, is Jackie Pascal and Jakie-O is/was a pet name from Marty that stuck with Anthony. In the play, Mrs. Pascal does call her Jackie-O a couple of times, but not like the boys do.

"I'm in a box, and I can't get out"

[–] Violet_Loves_Iliona 14 years ago

Fantastic contribution, prspeed. :)

All VERY interesting!

Violet

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[–] bambina_13 17 years ago

Parker Posey is amazing indeed.

I had to watch this film for a class im taking on the Kennedys. Pretty interesting...

My favorite lines are:

"leave now with your symbology intact" -the mom to Lesly

"its not a gun, its a camera" -Jackie about the gun the mom finds

[–] XoYazminXo 16 years ago

This movie has one of the most creative & original dialogues I have ever heard before...I don't remember the exact lines, but I especially like the exchange they have about the wine in the living room (German/French thing)...It was so funny...And Tori Spelling's reaction was just hilarious...

[–] findanddestroyatlantis 16 years ago

"Were you poor? Did you eat chicken pot pies"

"Pancakes. We ate a lot of pancakes."