So I saw Get Him to the Greek and enjoyed it, just like I do all raunchy-but-witty Judd Apatow-produce movies. I don’t feel like reviewing it proper, but I will post brief, point by point responses to Dan Savage’s Slog post about the movie.
1. It’s nearly impossible to jam a floppy jelly dildo up the ass of an unwilling “victim”—particularly when that victim is on his back, outweighs his “rapist” by at least 150 pounds, and isn’t restrained. I’m concerned that straight teenage boys are going to see Greek and leave with the impression that a dildo can go from brandished to embedded in two seconds flat.
I agree that there were a lot of male butt sex jokes. Butt sex jokes are really easy humor, but none of the jokes were BLATANTLY homophobic, so that’s something. I can deal with a couple, even if, as mentioned above, they’re not necessarily realistic.
2. Get Him to the Greek spends an awful lot time rooting around in Jonah Hill’s anal cavity.
See above. Jeez, Dan, get over it.
3. The film is supposed to be edgy and daring. And it is… about drug use. (Heroin is portrayed as very nearly benign.) But the filmmakers were careful to toe Hollywood’s boring, reflexive, sex-negative line when it comes to threeways. In mainstream films threeways are always disasters. Without fail cinematic threeways are initiated for the wrong reasons (revenge in Greek‘s case), someone’s feelings are inevitably hurt during (Hill’s), and all involved are filled with self-loathing and regret after (quick—burn the sheets, pillowcases, and mattress!). Has no one in Hollywood ever had or heard of a successful threeway?
The threeway plot point in GHTTG was an extension on Aldous’s impulsive manipulation, not a social comment on threeways in general. It was portrayed as hurtful specifically BECAUSE it was done for the wrong reasons. I disagree that this portrayal necessarily reflects poorly on all threeways in general. Not everything has to be a be-all, end-all portrayal. I don’t honestly think a joyous, positive threeway would have worked at this point in the film. Calm down.
4. Best portrayal of cunnilingus in a mainstream film since Bruce Willis ate pussy in Pulp Fiction.
Meh. I don’t have an opinion on this.
Also: Russell Brand is funny all the time. He may have the same personality regardless of whether he is doing stand up, being interviewed or “acting” as a movie character – but this doesn’t matter. It’s hilarious every time.
Also: P. Diddy is funny. Who knew?
Tags: Dan Savage, Get him to the Greek, Jonah Hill, P. Diddy, Russell Brand, Sean Combs
