"S.O.B." (1981)
We all knew Julie Andrews' hills were alive with
the sound of music. But we never expected to see them in the flesh, as it were.
For heaven's sakes, the woman is a nun. She has the voice and face of an
angel. She even was the only good thing in "The Princess Diaries."
And yet, she bared her breasts in the 1981 film "S.O.B." And it wasn't a
wardrobe malfunction, either. It was prolonged and on purpose.
The only thing that keeps me from singing "My Favorite Things" is that the
movie (written and directed by her husband Blake Edwards) is about a has-been
movie producer who wants to grab one more shot at glory by having a
squeaky-clean actress nude up on the big screen.
I'm just glad the "Sound of Music" song wasn't about a valley. I'm not sure I
could have handled that.
"Working Girl" (1988)
"Working Girl" is a classic '80s Wall Street
flick. It's directed by Mike Nichols and stars Harrison Ford, Sigourney "bad
panties" Weaver and Melanie Griffith.
Griffith plays Tess McGill, a struggling secretary from Staten Island, whose
scurrilous boss steals her idea. (Of course, Tess steals it back -- and Harrison
Ford in the bargain).
Starring alongside Griffith and Weaver are their voluminous hairstyles and
power suits, a reminder that when it comes to fashion, there is no such thing as
the good old days.
As painful as it is to admit, I'd prefer padded shoulders to what Mrs.
Antonio Banderas wore in one scene: high heels, high-cut underwear, a vacuum
cleaner... and nothing else.
It's hard to root for an ambitious secretary who doesn't have the good sense
to vacuum in flats.