"be inappropriate"

[Jonathan Lighter]

I almost forgot! The movie's tag line is:

"She doesn't give an 'F'!"

JL

On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 7:32 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> On May 4, 2012, at 4:59 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > Off-thread, of course, but there are frequent sexual remarks, f-words,
> and
> > innuendoes throughout, but not a single "goddam," "Jesus," etc.
> >
> > Large, naked boobs fill the screen for a while. (Here "boobs" =
> 'breasts.')
> >
> >
> > There is a lengthy scene of, as it is referred to by the Bad Teacher,
> > "dry-fucking," which ends with a huge stain on the front of Justin
> > Timberlake's jeans.
>
> I thought dry-humping was the technical term--and comparatively clean too!
>  But maybe that's why she's a Bad Teacher; only a Good Teacher would refer
> to it as dry-humping.
>
> LH
> >
> > Many reviewers find the latter "hilarious."
> >
> > So if you think there's anything raunchy about this film, maybe there's
> > something wrong with you!
> >
> > Two and a half stars, for those who can stand it.
> >
> > But Lucy Punch as "Miss Squirrel" is terrific - and linguistically
> relevant
> > as she's a Brit but does a vaguely Palinesque U.S. accent with impeccable
> > precision.
> >
> > JL
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu
> >wrote:
> >
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> >> On May 4, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >>
> >>> Definitely tending to replace more "judgmental" terms like "obscene"
> and
> >>> "immoral":
> >>>
> >>> 2011  reviewer of _Bad Teacher_ at Amazon com
> >>>
> >>
> http://www.amazon.com/Bad-Teacher/product-reviews/B005SAV9SO/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_4?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addFourStar&showViewpoints=0
> >>> : Cameron Diaz plays the Bad Teacher and is so bad she's downright
> >> vicious
> >>> and inappropriate. There's very little that's redeeming with her....
> >>>
> >>> Having seen the movie, I can tell you that "obscene" and "immoral" (and
> >>> "criminal") are the words this reviewer is looking for. (Not that it
> >> wasn't
> >>> fitfully amusing for those of us who never missed an issue of _National
> >>> Lampoon_.)
> >>>
> >>> JL
> >>
> >> Interesting diversity of viewpoints:
> >>
> >> either "funny and refreshing, in that it is not laced with vulgarities
> and
> >> profanity throughout" or (from a different reviewer)
> >>
> >> "you have cursing by unexpected people to unexpected people, in the
> >> wrongest of circumstances"
> >>
> >> --but evidently not throughout.  Or maybe it just depends on your
> standard
> >> of comparison.
> >>
> >> LH
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Jonathan Lighter <
> >> wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
> >>>
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> >>>> He clearly said, "I have never acted inappropriately with anyone,
> >> period."
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdcvucjDTts   [at 1:07].
> >>>>
> >>>> JL
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Benjamin Barrett <
> gogaku at ix.netcom.com
> >>>
> >>>> wrote:
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> >>>>> Just sounds like an -ly drop to me. Especially with a long word like
> >>>> that, who wants to go adding another syllable?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Benjamin Barrett
> >>>>> Seattle, WA
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Nov 9, 2011, at 7:32 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> This looks like a blend to me:
> >>>>>> "I've never acted inappropriately" + "I've never done anything =
> >>>>>> inappropriate."
> >>>>>> Gerald Cohen
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ________________________________
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Original message from: Joel S. Berson, Wed 11/9/2011 8:20 PM
> >>>>>> <snip>
> >>>>>> I think I heard Cain say "I've never acted inappropriate [yes, adj.]
> >>>>>> with anyone, period."  But I'm too lazy to investigate.
> >>>>>> <snip>
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