Whatta Way to Make a Livin'

Alternate titles: A Cup of Ambition. Teacup of Ambition? Wine glass of Ambition? Shot glass of Ambition.

Whatever.

I just finished watching the movie 9 to 5. It was not the first time I had seen it. Like most children of the 80s I had watched it many times while it was on basic cable on random Saturdays. My favorite part of the movie as a child, was when all of the ladies had a fantasy sequence of “offing” their boss. I was really into Lily Tomlin being Snow White and Dolly Parton as a cowgirl. Haha! What fun these ladies are having trying to kill their boss! Good clean fun!

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Also -- because I was six -- I failed to pick up that the ladies were having these vivid fantasies whilst totally stoned. On Lilly Tomlin’s character’s son’s marijuana no less!



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Funny what you pick up when you have the anger-twitching-almost-40-year-old-eyes compared to that of a sweet child. This really had me thinking about other movies of my childhood that would read a little differently now. (I mean, we already know that The Neverending Story is absolutely terrifying and I cannot believe we watched that movie as children.)

Anyways, after watching it this time, I LOVED it. I had just finished a documentary on Jane Fonda (which, by the way, is VERY interesting and I totally recommend). I learned in that documentary that Jane produced and created this movie in sort of a protest to the way women were treated in the workplace. The movie came out in 1980. That’s nearly 40 years ago, and it still resonates with me today. Guys, there is a lot of work to do. I will just leave it at that, and someday be able to write an entire book about it. But, for now, I will just comment on some fun things in the movie.

First of all -- how great is Dolly Parton? I mean, I know everyone loves her. But, everyone most definitely should love her. A weird trend I have noticed about her in movies (okay only two- this one and Steel Magnolias) -- is that she always has a weird, sort of dead-beatish husband. Not sure what to make of this. I also really delighted in the fact that she carries a tiny gun in her purse. Now, I am not pro-gun, but for some reason, when Dolly has a tiny gun I am all for it.



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Lily Tomlin is awesome. I especially enjoyed the scene of her fixing the garage door opener with her son (this is the scene where he gives her the pot) Now that I think about it, I am wondering if those scenes were all edited out for TV.

Jane Fonda’s character’s is by far the weakest of the three. I mean, she shows some real growth, but she sort of annoyed me. She has some pretty cool glasses though.

Also, shout out to that drunk lady. She was hilarious. And Hart's wife. And that SONG. It's my JAAAAMMM.

The point of this (maybe there is no point) -  go watch the movie. I heard that they were going to have a reboot  led by Rashida Jones. Maybe I should send a spec script?