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Adam's
Rib (1949)
In director George Cukor's battle-of-the-sexes romantic
comedy:
- the scene of the attempted assault/murder of her
philandering, two-timing husband Warren Attinger (Tom Ewell) by
wife Doris Attinger (Judy Holliday) after reading an instruction
manual about how to use a gun
- the two main characters - husband/wife Amanda and
Adam Bonner (Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy) - who revealed
their different viewpoints about the sexes during an early driving
scene in the city: Amanda: "There are lots of things that a
man can do and in society's eyes, it's all hunky-dory. A woman does
the same thing - the same, mind you, and she's an outcast...All I'm
saying is, why let this deplorable system seep into our courts of
law, where women are supposed to be equal?"
- the realization that they would be dueling lawyers
-- prefaced by Adam's first learning of his wife's role as defense
attorney against him: "I'm going to defend her" - (he toppled
a tray of drinks)
Dueling Lawyers
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Arguing
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Confrontation on Massage Table
("A little slap")
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Battling in Court
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- also the scene of the Bonner's confrontation on
a massage table at home when he slapped her behind hard: ("What
are you - sore about a little slap?" and her reply: "I
know a slap from a slug")
- the scene of Doris' speech in court to defend herself
- and the closing dialogue including Adam's phrase
to Amanda: "Vive la difference!"
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Doris Reading Gun Instruction Manual
"Deplorable System"
Adam Spilling Tray of Drinks
Doris in Court
"Vive la difference!"
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