![]() Still sending their wives and children up North during the summer, and–” But that’s it. It was like, “Oh the Manhattan Indians 500 years ago, would send their wives to a cooler climate during the hot, hot summers, and this movie has nothing to do with that, except for the fact that five hundred years later, men are still doing that. ![]() Royce: They even said– the movie even said so itself.Ĭourtney: It did! It did say that itself. But the 1950s… And what really gets me is that that scene had absolutely nothing to do with the movie at all. And I think I even said that, I think I turned and said, “Oh, I found the racism before the movie even started talking.” Because after all of the credits, in the beginning, the very first image was like a characterized kind of illustration artwork of Native Americans, and I would have preferred they kept it at that because then the very following scene – I’m 99% sure – was all or mostly white people painted brown and that’s not cool. Even movies just from 20 years ago very often have, let’s say, things that didn’t quite age so well. That is a major major drawback to watching old movies. 2 seconds to find the racism in the movie. I don’t know, I can’t think of a lot better, more recognizable than that.Ĭourtney: And it took us all of. Because that is in my mind, probably one of the most recognizable pop culture images that exist. Maybe all the movie buffs out there are like, “Well, duh.” But that gives you maybe sort of an idea of exactly what this film meant to 20th century pop culture. But I did not actually know that the famous photo of her white dress blowing up over a subway grate came from this movie. You are aware of who she is even if you haven’t seen any of her work firsthand. ![]() Obviously, she’s such a pop culture icon that, you know, her face is recognizable. But I still haven’t seen all of them and most of them I don’t love, but at least like five years ago I would have said if you asked me if I have seen any particular movie, the answer is probably no.Ĭourtney: And even though I did have a really big, like, old movie phase when I was in, like, Middle School, never did see anything starring Marilyn Monroe. Over the last, maybe 10 years I’ve finally started to watch all of the movies that everyone would be just shocked to hear that I’d never seen before, like it was impossible. So I just don’t watch as many as the average person. So I may have said this before, but I am just not the biggest movie person in the world. Because whoa, opinions and beliefs on this are kind of all over the board, after I started digging in deeper. ![]() But we want to use that to branch off into the more general concept of The Seven Year Itch and what psychologists have to say about it, and other maybe less credible relationshippy experts, who may or may not have credentials of any kind. Royce: I just knew that I had heard the term before, that’s about it.Ĭourtney: So I think what we’re gonna do on this episode, we’re going to talk about our impressions of the movie for just a little bit. Did you have any preconceived notions of this before we dove into the movie? It’s just growing up in the United States, I was aware that this is a thing that people say exists. ![]() I don’t know how, no one ever taught me this concept. Royce: Rampant unchecked allonormativity?Ĭourtney: Take that rampant unchecked allonormativity! In your face! But even without having seen this movie, I fully knew of the concept. Because it was the last week of our seventh year of marriage, we deemed it to be a rite of passage, a “take that” in the face of – I don’t know, what would you call the concept of The Seven Year Itch? Just take that societal expectations? Neither one of us had seen this movie until last week when we decided to watch it. What is the “seven year itch”? Is it real? And why has it become so ingrained in western pop culture? So, undoubtedly, the thing that really seared the concept of The Seven Year Itch into our modern collective psyche was the 1955 movie by the same name, starring one Ms Marilyn Monroe. And very recently we were fortunate enough to celebrate our eighth year anniversary, which means we have successfully staved off the dreaded seven year itch. I’m here with my spouse, Royce, and together we are The Ace Couple. Courtney: Hello, everyone and welcome back. ![]()
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