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Originally Posted by biggerboat
My wife listened to Barbara Streisand's audio biography. My wife decided that she didn't care that much for Streisand (I never did) after reading it, but was interested in seeing some of her movies.
I tried to find What's up Doc out there in streaming land but was unsuccessful. I remember thinking that the first time I saw it (probably at the theater) that it was the funniest movie I had ever seen. I figured it probably wouldn't have that appeal to me now.
Anyways, TCM had it on the other night so we watched it. I did find it amusing, but not really laugh out loud funny. Kinda silly and dated, but worth watching.
I spent most of the movie trying to decide if I thought Streisand was really pretty, or really not pretty. Shame on me I guess.
I love What's Up Doc, and Bogdanovich was a huge fan of Bringing Up Baby, which is the inspiration for WUD. I think Streisand is luminous in that role and beautiful in her way. And Ryan O'Neil plays that befuddled professor type really well. Streisand and O'Neil may not be a match for Hepburn and Grant, but they're not far off.
Funny that my friend was just telling me about Streisand's book on Friday, and she was mostly concerned with the number of men she "dated."
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