Who else died laughing when SPOILER
When Oliva Thrilby wanted to have sex in the park, and then when she got out of the wheel chair?
shareYes, that was the best segment in the entire film.
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MovieChat Forums > New York, I Love You (2009) Discussion > Who else died laughing when SPOILER
it was funny...I did laugh out loud but I dont really understand that segment.
So she is an actress who likes to pretend and play characters. What's the point of her father getting involved and arrange her a date with that boy. So when she pretended to be blind, he also arranged a date and just let his daughter go overnight n have sex around?
The father (who was a huge busybody) was trying to do the boy a favor since he'd found out that the kid's girlfriend dumped him before prom. I doubt the father regularly arranges dates for his daughter. I found the father's unfazed response to the daughter's method acting the funniest part. "She clocks twenty hours a day in the wheelchair.." Like that's normal.
shareWas I the only one under the impression that she wasn't ACTUALLY his daughter? I think it was meant to be understood that she was an actress that lived in the same building as him, and so he hired her to play the role of his wheelchair bound daughter. That's why he had such an unfazed reaction.
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And he carries a picture of her around in his wallet? That's too weird. I think she was actually his daughter. It's just as funny that way.
shareThat segment, although my favorite of the movie (meaning the least unbearable), shows why the movie was so lackluster. It just didn't work as a heartwarming piece at all because so much was off about it: That guy never apologized or showed remorse for not standing up (no pun intended) to his date in front of his ex. Yeah, so he f...d her in the park, but that was not exactly altruistic and quixotic of him, either, was it?
And then the whole resolution is also kinda wrong, like: "Oh look! She isn't a freak in a wheelchair after all. She's normal like you and me. It's all good."
(And aside of that i saw the twist coming from the first time we ever saw her in that wheel chair, but that's probably just me.)
"And then the whole resolution is also kinda wrong, like: "Oh look! She isn't a freak in a wheelchair after all. She's normal like you and me. It's all good."
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Thank you SO much for your comment. You restored my faith in humanity. You summed up entirely what was so wrong about this. I used a wheelchair now and again for a condition in which I get really fatigued.
It might come as a surprise to some of you that I have a very healthy sex life, I don't plead with people to take me out and humour me. I very rarely get "oh you pathetic little girl" stares, at least not from people born after 1950.
I was totally offended that disability was treated as the material for a cruel joke.
I'm just glad it's only America who makes films like this that are just so WRONG. You guys have a lot of catching up to do. In civilised socities we call it 'progress.'
And before anyone says I'm a bitter and twisted biatch, I'm really a very nice and funny person. The only thing guaranteed to put me in a dark mood is inconsiderate drivel like this film.
Good luck to any of you if you ever need to use a wheelchair so that you can truly understand the meaning of my posts. If and until that ever happens, just try to knock two brain cells together to see why this segment was deeply unfair.
This segment was my favorite in the entire film! I laughed so hard that I hurt myself when the two of them woke up in the morning and realized they were still in the park.
shareWell here's an eye opener for you all you total freaks who thought that segment was funny...
It was really cynical and pathetic. Wheelchair users aren't just laughing stock .....or are they exactly that in America? The butt of a few whimsy ill considered jokes?
What about a genuine story about a girl in a wheelchair who actually wasn't there by choice? Oh no, that would have made people feel too 'uncomfortable'
And what is it with the American treatment of wheelchair users as pathetic people with zero pride. So you'd want to be taken to the prom by a guy whose face dropped when he first laid eyes on you? Then you force him to make you dance with you when he's MORTIFIED?
Utterly indefensible drivel and you're all starved of genuine comedy if you thought this was hilarious.
I saw a post on another topic similar to this and i think whoever posted got it spot on. that scene is actually pointing out the judgement people have...like when u saw his reaction to her being in a wheelchair. and the fact that he stuck with her instead of getting back into the limo and running away. james caan even says there isnt many people like him that would stick around. and as i am very sympathetic to your situation (i have a sister in law with an amputated leg)it doesnt help to get upset by things like this. my sister in law is willing to make light of situations like this. she would have laughed her ass off too. its people that can shrug it off that i admire more than people who get really offended by it. that just makes your situation tougher if you ask me. just like the people who say there wasnt diversity because of the lack of black people in the movie even though many of the filmmakers werent from america.
shareI think the problem here is that the Subject line really does not fit. I dont think it was intended to be funny. This scene was my favorite of the film by far and I did not find it funny at all. It was an eye opener, remember we are seeing this through the eyes of a high school boy. In the scene where we see the actress at the top of the stairs she is absolutely beautiful she just happens to be in a wheelchair. If the guy "judges" her and tries to get out of it because of what his peers will think he would have missed out on the night of his life.
On another note yes this movie lacked diversity, but "news flash" Hollywood, network television and the entertainment community lack diversity. That does not make it right, it is what it is