"Victor" is definitely one of MGM's best musicals. But it's rarely seen as a standard musical, for one reason it's so exotic—good-looking, but atypical. In many classic musicals, it seems so out of place. It allows people to see how musical films can be made without the narrative logic of Hollywood. The film is different from the story setting of ordinary musical films that are divorced from reality. Although its time back is set in Paris in the 1930s, this musical film with the theme of sexual inversion obviously caters to the sexual liberation trend in the early 1980s. The musical is a rare liberation. If a gay film abandons the discussion of sexual orientation, it is relatively deviated from the realism attribute. But in "Victor," Edwards handles both very neatly. Beyond the understated lyricism, the film also has powerful passages. When Marchand chose to be with Victoria when he didn't know her true identity, his phrase "whether you are a man or a woman" is almost as good as "no one is perfect" in "Passionate". And Marchand's bodyguard inadvertently smashed him after being "bent" and said "So boss, you are gay", which is even more amazing. Victor, played by Julie Andrews Edwards, is a woman trying to imitate a drag male singer. She not only found a balance between the two, but also made people discover a kind of neutral beauty that has never been seen before
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Victor Victoria evaluation action
2022-03-14 08:01
Extended Reading
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Alexa 2022-03-27 09:01:21
#vicviewing diary#1. Andrews's disguise as a man is the most handsome after Garbo and Dietrich. But in terms of acting skills in drag games, Uncle Hoffman's aunt in Tootsie is more amazing; 2.80 is really the era of sexual liberation, gay and les appear so many in such orthodox movies; 3. Andrews is There is a kind of beauty that has been precipitated by time. This Victor/Victoria plus the image of the grandmother in the princess diaries made me become a fan from a passerby~
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Josefa 2022-03-25 09:01:23
In fact, it has completely exceeded my expectations, especially the portrayal of the character of King Marchand, even today, its progress is not inferior. However, regarding this slightly insufficient ending, I actually have a perfect solution in my mind, but unfortunately it is not suitable to propose, because it is also destined to not be accepted by most people. Hopefully time will prove what we have in our hearts to prove.
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Toddy: Au revoir.
Norma: Me too.
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Norma: [about Squash] You know, I know he's supposed to protect you, but does he have to stay in the same suite with us? I mean I just keep expecting him to break in while we're, uh... while we're making love.
King Marchand: He'd only do that if he heard something unusual. Like if I got excited!