Dec 30, 2009: Guess Who Came to Dinner.

casimendocina · 12-31-2009, 12:31 AM

I saw a doco about 3 years ago on Real Dolls and the guys who have one or in some cases, many. It was heartbreaking. The doco filmed the owner's daily activities and had them talking about their "relationship" with their Real Doll, so it didn't try to cast any particular slant on them, but they mostly came across as men who had either no self-confidence with women (one English guy felt that women found him repulsive, so the Real Doll was how he got around that) or weird. Another one of the subjects who seemed relatively normal had a girlfriend during the making of the doco, but by the time it went to air, that had come to an end. The reasons weren't discussed, although it did show her "meeting the dolls" and seeming to accept their presence. I haven't seem Lars and the Real Girl, but am guessing that it's something like this, but funnier and without the pathos of real life.

Griff · 12-31-2009, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by casimendocina

I haven't seem Lars and the Real Girl, but am guessing that it's something like this, but funnier and without the pathos of real life.

I think you'll find plenty of pathos represented in the film.

richlevy · 12-31-2009, 09:08 AM

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I think you'll find plenty of pathos represented in the film.

And humor. I like the part where the townspeople bought into it for Lars' sake and elected her for something. Not exactly in the clip below, but close.

SPOILER ALERT!

xoxoxoBruce · 12-31-2009, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

I think you'll find plenty of pathos represented in the film.

Oh cool, Aramis, Athos and D'Artagnan, too?

Griff · 01-01-2010, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Oh cool, Aramis, Athos and D'Artagnan, too?

and Constance never forget Constance. Speaking of which Tony and Oliver Reed separated at birth?

12-31-2009, 12:31 AM	#1
casimendocina Professor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,622	I saw a doco about 3 years ago on Real Dolls and the guys who have one or in some cases, many. It was heartbreaking. The doco filmed the owner's daily activities and had them talking about their "relationship" with their Real Doll, so it didn't try to cast any particular slant on them, but they mostly came across as men who had either no self-confidence with women (one English guy felt that women found him repulsive, so the Real Doll was how he got around that) or weird. Another one of the subjects who seemed relatively normal had a girlfriend during the making of the doco, but by the time it went to air, that had come to an end. The reasons weren't discussed, although it did show her "meeting the dolls" and seeming to accept their presence. I haven't seem Lars and the Real Girl, but am guessing that it's something like this, but funnier and without the pathos of real life.

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