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Title: Dated
Review: I don't recall if I saw this when it came out. I probably did because I loved Paris, Shirley MacLaine and Billy Wilder. What a difference a half-century makes.When I watched it now I was terribly disappointed. The Jack Lemmon character was silly, the whole premise was naive and it just didn't grab me. I hate to say it but I was also offended by the old timey view of prostitutes as good-time girls who really loved their work. I'm not politically correct or even much of a feminist, but I found portraying prostitutes in this way really offensice. There is nothing funny or entertaining or cute about prostitution and the women who endure this terribly degrading 'profession" sure don't look like Shirly MacLaine. I turned it off after about 20 minutes. Maybe it got better? I'll never know. I probably did see this and enjoy it fifty years ago; I know better now.
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