Ms Kathleen's Movie Review

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Ben: That's a laugh Mrs. Robinson. That's really a laugh. Ha, ha.

Mrs. Robinson: Well, you can admit that, can't you?

Ben: Are you kidding?

Mrs. Robinson: It's nothing to be ashamed of.

Ben: Wait a minute.

Mrs. Robinson: On your first time if you're afraid of being inadequate.

Ben: Who said it was my first time? Wait a minute.

Mrs. Robinson: Just because you happen to be inadequate in one way.

Ben: INADEQUATE! (Mrs. Robinson starts to dress.) Don't move!

Outraged by her accusations Benjamin “proves” to her that he is not inadequate. In a montage of images he is seen in the hotel room with Mrs. Robinson, both of them in various stages of undress, countered with scenes of Benjamin at home going about his normal everyday routine. Thus proving this affair was on-going all summer long.

In keeping with this month’s theme of older woman, younger man I am bringing you a review of the well-known movie from the 1960’s, “The Graduate”. I would be hard pressed to find anyone unfamiliar with this film being that it has been around for so long and in so many different genres. The film was first conceived in book form in 1962, was made into a movie in 1967 and debuted in the London Theatre in 1998.