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Some Like It Hot Analysis
The comedy ‘Some Like it Hot’ was named the best American Comedy all the time during the year 2000 by the American Film institute as directed by Billy Wilder (Ku 1). The comedy is a gender bender movie whereby you cannot know the flow of the movie and what is bound to happen next. In this narrative, jazz singers Jerry and Joe (Jack Lemmon) and (Tony Curtis) witness the execution done by ‘spats’. They, however, decide to run away to Miami while dressed like women, and they call themselves Daphne and Josephine. At Miami, Joe plays as a millionaire Cruise Captain, hitting on Marilyn Munroe (Sugar). One night Joe tries to use Jerry to dance with Osgood Fielding and him and taking advantage of this chance to bring Sugar to Osgood’s ship Claiming to own all of the so that he could win her heart. Later, on returning to the room Joe finds Jerry at his or should I refer ‘her’ world …show more content…
From the above quote, it is clear that cross-dressing can be accommodated in the society. Moreover, this film ends with Joe showing his true gender identity to sugar and explaining every reason to Osgood why he is not good for him but end up being accepted being a guy because Osgood does not mind anything. In this way, the movie manages to keep the audience entertained through this unique feature of bending gender. The most entertaining part of ‘Some Like it Hot’ is when it employs the use of effects such as Noir which manipulate the white, black and lighting effects, therefore, making the movie extraordinary. For instance, When Joe keeps watching her sugar singing in a sad mood after breaking to her that he was leaving to another place, lightings become dimmer while the camera zoom to his face and for a while as an audience you can feel being there with him and witnessing the whole scene together. For me, this is the moment I felt greatly touched.
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