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LOL! You know, I have this weird affection for that screwy movie. It was just strange enough to be almot endearing.
For those who have no idea...
It's set in the Frontier West during the Victorian Era, Leah Thompson begins to think that she's dying. Faced with a husband and several kids in an area of the country where there are virtually no women, she sets out to find a wife who will "take her place," raise her kids, and be "good" to her hubby. What she finds is Farrah Fawcett as a hooker. She picks Farrah and, to her husband's dismay, brings her home!
What works in the movie is the hubby. If he was TOO eager for this he would have looked skeezy. If he had been TOO saintly it wouldn't be believable. As it was, his befuddled confusion was dead on the mark. He's first utterly shocked that his wife would do this. He refuses. But then he gets to like Farrah. But he keeps thinking it's wrong. After Leah has been deathly ill for a while, she convinces him that it's not being "unfaithful" if he has sex with his next wife. So then he sleeps with Farrah. But then Leah gets well so he has to stop sleeping with Farrah... but Leah starts to think that may be unfair to Farrah. Again hubby is shocked. It's just not *right* to sleep with two women at once. . .but... maybe they could work out a system. Like maybe if it was on alternating weeks or something.... well maybe if it's on alternating days it would be alright... LOL!
Watching him talk himself into this "system" has always stuck in my mind as a singularly hilarious scene (doesn't hurt that it's the guy from Buckaroo Banzai who is playing the hubby and so he did insert great comic timing into the scene.) Who knew that an Old West manage a tois (did I come close to spelling that remotely right?) Could be such an affectionate little tale. LOL!
*edited to change et to a*
For those who have no idea...
It's set in the Frontier West during the Victorian Era, Leah Thompson begins to think that she's dying. Faced with a husband and several kids in an area of the country where there are virtually no women, she sets out to find a wife who will "take her place," raise her kids, and be "good" to her hubby. What she finds is Farrah Fawcett as a hooker. She picks Farrah and, to her husband's dismay, brings her home!
What works in the movie is the hubby. If he was TOO eager for this he would have looked skeezy. If he had been TOO saintly it wouldn't be believable. As it was, his befuddled confusion was dead on the mark. He's first utterly shocked that his wife would do this. He refuses. But then he gets to like Farrah. But he keeps thinking it's wrong. After Leah has been deathly ill for a while, she convinces him that it's not being "unfaithful" if he has sex with his next wife. So then he sleeps with Farrah. But then Leah gets well so he has to stop sleeping with Farrah... but Leah starts to think that may be unfair to Farrah. Again hubby is shocked. It's just not *right* to sleep with two women at once. . .but... maybe they could work out a system. Like maybe if it was on alternating weeks or something.... well maybe if it's on alternating days it would be alright... LOL!
Watching him talk himself into this "system" has always stuck in my mind as a singularly hilarious scene (doesn't hurt that it's the guy from Buckaroo Banzai who is playing the hubby and so he did insert great comic timing into the scene.) Who knew that an Old West manage a tois (did I come close to spelling that remotely right?) Could be such an affectionate little tale. LOL!
*edited to change et to a*
