# Roger reviews American Beauty **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 12, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-reviews-american-beauty/325834 "2005-10-12T01:57:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-reviews-american-beauty/325834/21 "2005-10-13T03:02:10Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > It was the Beatles song that begins “Because the world is round…” > > I think it sort of fits in with the ability to appreciate the plastic bag blowing in the wind (I prefer paper) and it ends rather abruptly, as does the movie. It’s a beautiful song. Can anyone help me with the “Three’s Company” reference? Is that a TV show? ---
**Author:** ![Skott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Skott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skott)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-reviews-american-beauty/325834/22 "2005-10-13T04:33:50Z")
I think the Three’s Company reference was to the way in which the father saw his son apparently giving Spacey a blowjob, just based off of incomplete silhouttes of them doing drugs. In other words, something happens because of a misunderstanding. However, in this case, the results were slightly different than the usual half-hour of zaniness. ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-reviews-american-beauty/325834/23 "2005-10-13T04:56:17Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > It’s a beautiful song. Can anyone help me with the “Three’s Company” reference? Is that a TV show? Yank version of “Man About The House”. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-reviews-american-beauty/325834/24 "2005-10-13T05:04:53Z")
It’s been years since I’ve seen it, but weren’t the gay couple in it for, like 30 seconds total screen time? Why is half the OP talking about such minor characters? ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-reviews-american-beauty/325834/25 "2005-10-13T05:13:59Z")
\*Man About the House \* - oh, the years are rolling back. Gap toother Richard O’Sullivan and his dolly birds… **Miller** , precisely. The depiction of the homosexual couple next door was so stereotypical and shallow, squeezed in only as a melodramatic counterpoint to the homophobic homosexual marine’s latent homosexuality. The various scenes in which Jims appear (there are at least three of them are symptomatic, microcosmic of the shallowness and laziness of the director’s approach. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-reviews-american-beauty/325834/26 "2005-10-13T05:22:15Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > **Miller** , precisely. The depiction of the homosexual couple next door was so stereotypical and shallow, squeezed in only as a melodramatic counterpoint to the homophobic homosexual marine’s latent homosexuality. The various scenes in which Jims appear (there are at least three of them are symptomatic, microcosmic of the shallowness and laziness of the director’s approach. What do you mean, “precisely?” That has absolutely nothing to do with what I posted. ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-reviews-american-beauty/325834/27 "2005-10-13T10:04:28Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > \*Man About the House \* - oh, the years are rolling back. Gap toother Richard O’Sullivan and his dolly birds… I thought you’d remember it, so I didn’t bother to explain further. The US version occasionally turned up on ITV at about 0100. No sign of Yootha Joyce though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roger-reviews-american-beauty/325834.md?page=1)