#Victor/Victoria

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Julie Andrews taking off that suit jacket and tie is one of the sexiest things I have ever seen in all of cinema

JULIE ANDREWS in Victor/Victoria (1982) dir. Blake Edwards

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"One that doesn't have to prove it. To myself or... Anyone."

Julie Andrews as Count Victor Grazinsky in Victor/Victoria, the broadway musical (1995)

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original & remake:

viktor und viktoria (1933), starring renate müller & anton walbrook victor/victoria (1982), starring julie andrews & james garner

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Thank you!

And ikr? We need the threesome that never ended to at least go somewhere. Also the inverse of The Crying Game reveal on all levels would be so nice. Laughter, joy, acceptance. It would be rather Victor/Victoria of them actually lol. *chef kiss*

You made so many great additional points! Maybe Shonda needs to hire us xD

I have an ideal Season 4 of Bridgerton in mind.

I don't think I'm gonna get it. But I'll share the deets anyways.

Sophie needs to become an homage to Twelfth Night in addition to Cinderella to not waste Ben's "oh hey, I'm not fully hetero" plot build.

If we take this route, it will add a solid richness to the plot:

Benedict meets Sophie as the Lady in Silver.

Great big Cinderella go poof act.

Benedict saves Sophie while she is dressed and acting as a man. Who knows what from. Don't care, really.

Benedict hires Sophie while being attracted to her persona as a man, but never once clocking her Lady in Silver beyond a "huh, that's weird but impossible".

Benedict is still going to flirt with Sophie in any form. We know this.

There would be mutual lusting, duh. With forbidden flavoring naturally.

Then instead of "become my mistress because you are too lowborn" we get "be my lover because society will not accept us". Much better. Ick gone.

First sex scene would be hilarious if Benedict was being oblivious (like all Bridgy boys) and got surprised by boobs. Admit it.

There would still be scandal to dodge in the end but it might be more thrilling than the book's resolution because the risk is higher to pose as a man than a serving maid.

Additional asks:

1. Artist Benedict needs to be revived. Maybe he tries to draw and paint his Lady in Silver after her disappearance?

2. Polin needs to face any issues together and not be at odds. Seriously, they make a great comedy duo. And they were in so much conflict their season.

3. Eloise needs to start corresponding with Phillip. Maybe after Marina passes off screen, but it needs to start asap for her season to go smoothly.

4. I think that Francecsa is going to have to have John's baby and it will have to be a boy. This will keep the earldom in play. If John passes with no heir and Michaela doesn't marry? It falls out of the family. For this to work, there has to be a Francesca and John son.

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Victor/Victoria (1982) | dir. Blake Edwards

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JULIE ANDREWS & RACHEL YORK | Victor/Victoria 1995 Original Broadway Cast

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Get in losers, we're watching Victor/Victoria!

the things Victoria Grant does to my queer little heart

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VICTOR/VICTORIA (1982) dir. Blake Edwards

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I'm only 3/4 of the way through it, but so far it's amazingly, wonderfully insane that Victor/Victoria has aged sooo beautifully as an lgbt+ movie? Like oh my godddd there are so many things that I'm losing my shit over here (contains spoilers !) :

Victoria coming out of Toddy's closet wearing that one guy's clothes and then clocking and kicking his ass

Them addressing certain straight men's fear and insecurity around being attracted to drag queens (and inadvertently, trans women)- and the insecurity in their masculinity/the need to prove that they're (straight/masculine/cis) men

Norma having it revealed to her that Victoria's a man and immediately jumping into saying "well, a woman can always tell- no matter hormone shots, etc. there's some things that can't be hidden" (she's literally flat out making shit up cuz that aint the case lmfaoo) I love how in the context of now this feels like they're actively dunking on transphobes

Toddy saying "You know, I think the right woman could reform you, too." right back at Norma when she says it to him

Toddy and Victoria's relationship <33

It's a low asf bar now but an insanely high bar for the time: no transphobic slurs or comments so far???!! Even media from the 2000s often fail this test

Victoria absolutely owning King Marchand every time he's homophobic or obvious about his fragile masculinity :)

Deliberate misgendering framed negatively in a context without trans people or transphobic implications... idk I just think it's neat

Being chill about str8 drag lets fucking go

Textual proof that Julie Andrews is a gay icon and also SO fucking hot in drag

Gay man + straight woman friendship/solidarity in a way that isn't annoying or too stereotypical

The way that Victoria's relationship with both Toddy and King Marchand almost comes off as homoerotic cuz of the drag (wrote this before I got to the part where they were perceived as a gay couple lol)

Honestly you could give Victoria almost any gender/sexuality and this movie would still be a massive slay

"I don't care if you are a man" *kisses her* "I'm not a man" "I still don't care" *they kiss again*

Victoria clocking that one guy multiple times

People thinking King Marchand is gay ("so there was this polish fairy..." and "if a guy like you has the guts to admit he's gay... so can I")

"I said you can stop pretending" "I don't think I want to"

"You know a lot of guys, you'd be surprised [how many of them are gay]."

The convo about men and women not having any particular gendered way of acting, and some women having adams apples ILY <3

That asshole who's trying spy on Victoria getting his umbrella absolutely nuked by the lightning lmaoo

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collecting these

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Julie Andrews - Victor/Victoria - 1982

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hiiiii julie <3

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Victor/Victoria (1982) | dir. Blake Edwards