I was watching Fargo the other day at a time that I knew my parents would be busy. I wasn't trying to hide from them, I just enjoy watching movies by myself. Less distractions I guess. (In class I blur out everybody around me and put tunnel vision on the smartboard). So anyway I'm watching the film, and a scene comes up with Steve Buscemi and Peter Stormare having sex with a couple of hookers. It was an extremely brief scene, and there was no nudity shown. But of course, at that moment, my mother decided to take a break from cooking and come downstairs to check her facebook (that friggin facebook has been nothing but trouble). So she comes down and sees this scene, and inevitably says "I don't think you should be watching this". Ugh! A 98 minute movie, and she walks in on the only 30 seconds that involve sex. Of course I simply ignore her and try to move passed this embarrassing situation, but that is not the point. What I'm trying to say is that whenever I watch a film that has a hint of sex in it, my parents have a tendency to show up at the exact moment, and I do not understand how this is possible.
It's not always just nudity though. Sometimes my parents will enter the room just as a character decided to go on an expletive filled tirade that will almost always end up containing vulgar, sexual remarks. An example of this was when I was watching Superbad with my girlfriend. We were in the basement, cozied up and enjoying the movie, when not just my parents, but my entire family decided to stop in. What they were doing I don't know, but I do know that they happened to enter just as the foul mouthed Jonah Hill went on a rant about spermicidal lube. He was descriptive. Not only was I now forced to deal with the unapproving looks of my family, but my poor girlfriend had to suffer it as well. Once again it does not phase me that my parents will see me watching these movies, it's just mind boggling how they show up at exactly the right (or wrong, in my view) moment.
To prove this is not an isolated issue, here is a short list of films I have been "caught" watching, and the scene that was walked in on:
300- brief sex scene
The Big Lebowski- brief naked woman in a harness, plus countless obsceneties
A Clockwork Orange- Alex's test, where a naked woman is brought onstage, and the camera fixes on her breasts for a significant amount of time
The Departed- Leo Dicaprio and his shrink get a little intimate
The Machinist- brief naked woman in bed
The Shining- naked woman in shower
The Wrestler- strip club
That is a very brief list and you'll have to trust me when I say there were many more incidents. I don't really know what I am trying to prove with this, except maybe that our parents have a sixth sense for this type of thing. Has anybody else had this happen to them? If so, feel free to share the experience.
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13 years ago
My mom managed to walk in on me watching the Wrestler in the exact moment where the 2 seconds of sex happens, and she freaked out and thought I was watching porn. And then I explained what I was watching and she went on a nostalgic rant about how good looking Mickey Rourke used to be. It was all sufficiently awkward.
ReplyDeleteThat's nothing, though, I've actually watched most of those movies with my parents. Superbad, The Departed, the 40 Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Forgetting Sarah Marshall...all watched with my dad.
I don't think parents should have facebooks....but anyway, my sister and I are usually quick to change the channel (ah, gotta love Movies on Demand) if we hear someone coming as a preventive measure. We shouldn't have to because usually the movies don't have anything to do with sex in the least (except for the scene that happens to be on), but it's better than the awkward situation that might possibly ensue.
ReplyDeletePerhaps a bit of humor might go a long way here. You might find it amusing to know that, as one gets older the roles that parents and their children play in this ridiculous game switch. Nowadays, when a particularly raunchy scene appears in a film that I am watching with my mother, I turn to HER and say "I don't think you should be watching this."
ReplyDeleteIt takes a bit of practice to get used to dealing with one's parents as an adult. The role of child is one we have rehearsed for so many years that it comes very naturally to us. But that comedy has been running for 18 years now and must close so that a new show, the farcical tragedy called adulthood can begin.
Fortunately, this new drama includes loads of comic relief. Next time, just tell them that the film is part of a research project assigned by your film teacher.
Problem solved.
Hahaha I loved the last comment Mr. Bennett. I'll be sure to remember that excuse next time. I have been caught in the same situation before also with movies like Superbad as well. It must be the sense like Spider-man has where they can sense any type of sexual connotation. Parents have it for now but I guess we will gain that super ability later on in life.
ReplyDeleteHaha thanks for the advice Mr. Bennett. And I just noticed that I made it out to look as if both of my parents do this. It happens to be only my mother that ever does it. I actually watched The Shining with my father when I was 11. I also watched 300 with my father. I think it just feels a little more strange when my mother "catches" me. Because although I know that I am of age and am not doing anything wrong, parents have a way of making you feel like you have haha.
ReplyDeletehaha. I thoroughly enjoyed this post and the comments people have made. It is an intriguing question posed and it is funny to think about how true it really is! Although I have never really felt too awkward if my mother walked in while there was an obscene moment in a movie. My father on the other hand is a different story. I will never forget watching Titanic with him when I was younger…. It was just plain weird when it came to the nudity and sex scenes. Considering I am his oldest daughter and my brother is four years my senior I doubt he had ever been confronted with that dilemma. Causing him to ask me if I think my mother would allow me to see that… Lol.
ReplyDeleteHonestly I think parents have a sixth sense(appears only at the moment the explicit scenes are about to appear) for knowing when there kid is watching something they may not approve of