Osgood Meets Film Analysis

For example, Osgood hits on Daphne for the first time because he obviously is attracted to her looks, though when Daphne continues to reject his advances and let her personality shine through, Osgood sees that Daphne is more than just a dame and is someone he wants to hold onto for longer than just one night. His idea of the person he fell in love with upon seeing her that first time is significantly different from the (wo)man she turned out to be; in a way, this could still be interpreted to be an example of love at first sight, but because the initial character Osgood meets is not - at that time in the film - the true character of Daphne, it is a matter of growing to love both the inside and out. Joe is the same in that he falls for Sugar’s …show more content…
This is exemplified beautifully when Josephine kisses her, and she doesn’t give a second thought to running off into the sunset with her, only following the fluttery feeling in her chest that one short moment gave her. All the characters, as exemplified here, only focus on the exterior appearance of their love interests, which is where their fault, and the fault in love at first sight, …show more content…
By today’s standards the film holds no significant meaning in terms of fighting for LGBT acceptance, but at the time there was little positivity towards those in the community. The main plot point in the film is Joe and Jerry’s cross-dressing, which at the time may have been a funny joke to an audience seeing bulky men dress like women, but nowadays the film may be perceived as a mockery of those in the gay community who willingly participate and celebrate drag. Unexpectedly, Jerry begins to really revel in the femininity of his character, Daphne, and begins displaying more stereotypically feminine traits as the film continues. Jerry’s inner conflict provides a small bit of insight into the minds of those who struggle with their gender identity quite often; his positivity shows that it’s okay to look one way on the outside and be another way on the inside. On the side of homosexuality in the film, Sugar and Osgood are the two characters that break through the normal tropes of the early film industry; according to Susan Woodward, a professor at the University of Auckland, Some Like It Hot “stands out… because it refuses the conventional reinstatement of a heteronormative status quo” (Woodward). Sugar follows Josephine to the boat to run away with her simply because she fell in love with her