Some Like It Hot Analysis

Some Like It Hot (1959) is an all-time classic Hollywood comedy directed by Billy Wilder. The story follows a smooth saxophone player Joe (Tony Curtis) and his intuitive bass-player best friend Jerry (Jack Lemmon) after they witness a Mafia massacre. The two buddies create a spontaneous plan to get away from the Chicago native mobsters. Joe and Jerry disguise themselves as cross-dressed women and join an all-female jazz band who are boarding a train from Chicago to Florida. The story heats up when Joe pretends to be a millionaire to attract the jazz band’s attractive singer, named Sugar (Marilyn Monroe), all the while Jerry finds that he has fascinated a real millionaire named Osgood Fielding III (Joe E. Brown). However, Joe and Jerry find that the Mafia is closing in on them and they must instinctively improvise once again for the final show down. …show more content…
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Daphne: Osgood, I’m gonna level with you. We can’t get married at all. (Said with high hopes)
Osgood: Why not? (Seems as if Osgood has been waiting for this moment)
Daphne: Well, in the first place, I’m not a natural blonde. (Trying to convince Osgood t0 change his mind)
Osgood: Doesn’t matter. (Very nonchalantly)
Daphne: Well, I have a terrible past. For three years now, I’ve been living with a saxophone player.
Osgood: I forgive you. (How could someone be so casual?)
Daphne: I can never have children. (Nice try Jerry)
Osgood: We can adopt some. (There’s nothing Daphne can say to change Osgood’s mind)
Jerry-Daphne: But you don’t understand, Osgood! *He whips off his wig and changes to a manly voice* Uh, I’m a man. (Last resort)
Osgood: Well, nobody’s perfect. (An unforeseen response to end an unforeseen