playboy

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yes. Sorry. "...out of..."

JL

On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> At 9:40 PM -0400 7/25/10, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >1941 Arthur T. Horman _Buck Privates_ (film): This camp...is excellently
> >equipped to make a *man* out a *playboy*!
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> "...out of...", I take it?  (I'm pretty sure that was just a typo of
> omission but not totally sure.)
>
> LH
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> >
> >Even though the wealthy "playboy" in this Abbott & Costello film is shown
> >saying goodbye to three pretty girls, in most of the movie he's striking
> out
> >with the female lead.
> >
> >Also, the contrast between "man" and "playboy" (both emphasized) supports
> >the idea that even in 1941 a "playboy" was thought of less as a womanizer
> >than as a wealthy fun-lover.
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> >JL
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