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09-07-2004, 12:51 PM
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Breakfast At Tiffany's...Stupid question, possible spoiler.
I finally got around to watching Breakfast At Tiffany's last night with my fiancee. We both liked it very much, but we were both unsure of something mentioned repeatedly in the film...
They kept mentioning that Holly would get $50.00 for going to the powder room. What exactly does that mean?
Was it a prostitution reference? That doesn't seem too inline with the character...
If it was unclear to others, perhaps someone who has read the Truman Capote novel might have an answer for us.
Thanks.
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09-07-2004, 01:06 PM
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Others can correct me, but I always took it as a referrence to Holly being a golddigging slut and that if guys (rich guys only) wanted to date her, they paid her for it. It may have been a case of tipping the powder room girl (having never been a girl, especially one growing up in the late fifties/early sixties, I don't know exactly what the custom was/could have been).
I haven't read Capote's novel and it may have been a reference to "something" else, but I've never seen it that way.
Also my calling Holly a slut is not a slag, her character's flaws and Peppard being a male prostitute is one of the things I love about this movie. It's completely unapologetic about who these people are. It never bashes you across the face with any kind of moralism, other then when you fall in love you can't control it, and sometimes you just have to go with it.
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09-07-2004, 01:45 PM
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Yes, Holly is a high-class hooker, although she sometimes skips out on her client. (like the guy that follows her home and follows her up to her door)
You really should read the book; it's great. You'll really get a feel of how much Hollywood "cleaned up" the book for audiences. To give you an idea of what Breakfast at Tiffanys could have been, Capote really wanted Marilyn Monroe for the role of Holly.
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09-07-2004, 02:01 PM
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Holly Golightly is an escort. The extent of the relations is, of course, open for interpretation.
Capote's novella is a great companion.
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09-07-2004, 07:24 PM
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I thought the answer you would be looking for was, "Yes that is Mickey Rooney with his eyes taped back..."  |
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09-08-2004, 12:38 PM
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I thought the answer you would be looking for was, "Yes that is Mickey Rooney with his eyes taped back..."
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Which, strangely, didn't bother my fiancee...who is Chinese.
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09-08-2004, 02:28 PM
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That is strange. My girlfriend and her brother are Chinese and they reacted like "Oh my god..."
I don't think they were horrified or greviously offended, but it was more like a "what the fuh?" moment...
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09-08-2004, 06:26 PM
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Isn't Mickey Rooney's character Japanese?
I'm Chinese and as Asian I wasn't offended. I just coughed it up to "that's old school Hollywood for ya."
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12-01-2005, 07:00 PM
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Saw the movie tonight on TV. Could someone please tell me the differences of the book? I have heard that the book is very much different from the movie. They are almost 2 different entities? Because seeing the movie, the romance and the "happy ending" seem essential to the story of the *movie*. But people say that the happy ending and the romance are tacked on and not in the book. So I’m wondering what happens in the book? I just can’t think of the movie without those.
Also if I had to ask, I would ask about George Peppard’s character since Audrey Hepburn’s character is obvious from the movie. Is he a prostitute too? Because it’s never clear.
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12-01-2005, 11:39 PM
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From what I remember (it's been a while since I've read the book) They are both "for hire" especially Paul. In the film he is being "kept" by Patrica Neal. There was a lot added for the film the original novella was quite short. From what I remember Holly wasn't as sophistcated or elegant. The ending was totally different. And I believe Paul didn't limit his services exclusively to women.
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12-02-2005, 01:42 AM
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I know it departed from the book, but I was very glad the movie had a happy ending, because otherwise, it would have been extremely depressing. I was so invested in the characters at that point that I probably wouldn't have been able to watch it again if it had ended badly. I don't dislike "non Hollywood" endings as a rule or anything, but that was one time I was glad things ended well.
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