It’s been 40 Years…
Posted: March 1, 2017 Filed under: Entertainment | Tags: BDSM, Classic, D/s, dievca, Hockey, Master, Movie, Paul Newman, submissive 8 Comments….since my Master’s preferred Hollywood Star doppelgänger debuted in the most irreverent sports movie directed by Oscar winner, Yale alumnus, George Roy Hill….
SLAP SHOT.
The movie, written by Nancy Dowd, premiered in New Haven — to silence and confusion.
“The language is quite a bit beyond blue,” Newman said during a 1976 television interview NHL Network unearthed. “It’s heavy into purple almost. I don’t believe a thing is truly vulgar if it’s funny. Boy, it’s foul-mouthed, but it’s real and beautiful.”
It’s absolutely stupid and every time I see it, I laugh at something new and get a bit sad because I know that area of the country, I know the 1970’s minor leagues, I grew up seeing Western PA and its rawness. It’s a character driven movie — everyone is a little yucky, but strangely enticing — train wrecks you cannot look away from.
And did I mention the clothing choices are spectacular?
Thank goodness, VHS saved the movie from obscurity.
And a link from the NYT when Paul Newman passed away in 2008. Written about Reggie Dunlap – beloved: https://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/27/hockey-mourns-the-passing-of-reggie-dunlap/?_r=0
dievca 
May need to look this film up. X
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Only if you are in the mood for crude silliness, it’s not “highbrow” at all — but then Life isn’t serious and highbrow all the time, either…
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i remember seeing this movie…i believe i enjoyed it. xx
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It’s something to revisit, but you have to be in the mood…perhaps imbibing a beer.
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I loved this movie so much. But it has been way too long since I’ve seen it. Must do!
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You will remember some parts and others will make you laugh, again. I really did not remember the fashion show until I watched it, recently.
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Not a film I would watch but the clip is hilarious! 🙂
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You have to be in the mood, with beer and pizza in hand….and a certain crowd.
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