Monday, May 28, 2018

The Book Club: The Write Fluff

In 1982, Penelope Russianoff wrote a ground-breaking self-help book titled Why Do I Think I Am Nothing Without A Man?

If only the gals in The Book Club read that book instead of the "50 Shades of Grey" trilogy. Then we could have had a smart, funny flick.

But no, these gals, played by Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candace Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen, who range in age from 65 to 81 in real life (photos appear younger thanks to Photoshop and surgeons' scalpels), choose to revert to giggly teens in search of prom dates.

If you get the idea The Movie Slut wasn't keen on this flick, you're right. Perhaps she could have survived the retrogressive plot if the jokes were funnier. Still many in the audience laughed out loud. Go figure.

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