# What's your opinion on "Darling Lili", an old American movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [December 12, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-darling-lili-an-old-american-movie/976403 "2022-12-12T17:37:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-darling-lili-an-old-american-movie/976403/161 "2022-12-13T23:36:35Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Who among us hasn’t indulged in a little light ritual cannabalism, amirite? Bite your tongue. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-darling-lili-an-old-american-movie/976403/162 "2022-12-13T23:40:28Z")
🏌️‍♂️ 👏 … ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-darling-lili-an-old-american-movie/976403/163 "2022-12-14T00:25:49Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Sofia Kovalevskaya sounds genuinely impressive, and someone who should be more widely known: pioneering mathematician, first woman professor in Europe, bunch of stuff like that. Not sure reading her work would be a great use of time, though, as she was a mathematician, not a writer or philosopher. Not to knock mathematicians, but if I wanted to read a treatise on differential equations, I’d probably be better off with one that’s more modern and not translated from a foreign language. Yeah. Nobody at all nowadays reads Kovalevskaya’s own mathematical writings as part of their “schooldays” education on calculus or applied mathematics. Not even Russians (or more aptly, not even French or Germans, since Kovalevskaya’s major publications on mathematics were in those international languages of scholarship rather than in the “provincial” minority language Russian). They read modern textbooks instead. However, the OP may instead have been referencing Kovalevskaya’s non-mathematical writings, particularly her memoiric A Russian Childhood and Nihilist Girl. Sounds plausible to me that Russian schoolchildren would be expected to read (parts of) those, just as many American high-schoolers are expected to read Melville’s somewhat autobiographical Moby-Dick. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-darling-lili-an-old-american-movie/976403/164 "2022-12-14T02:22:01Z")
This problem has been studied for many years, and we’re pleased to announce it is relatively under control. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-darling-lili-an-old-american-movie/976403/165 "2022-12-14T12:21:16Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Oh, well, that’s okay, then. Who among us hasn’t indulged in a little light ritual cannabalism, amirite? Exactly! I indulged in a heart or two myself but, with the dire need for organ donors and the need for hearts in particular, it became a very politically incorrect thing to do. Damn liberals! 😈 ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-darling-lili-an-old-american-movie/976403/166 "2022-12-14T13:31:02Z")
You’re doing it wrong. It is bite someone else’s tongue. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-darling-lili-an-old-american-movie/976403/167 "2022-12-14T13:33:42Z")
Why won’t cannibals eat divorcées? They’re too bitter. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-darling-lili-an-old-american-movie/976403/168 "2022-12-14T13:34:07Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > This problem has been studied for many years, and we’re pleased to announce it is relatively under control. What do you think the Argylls ate in Aden? _Arabs?!_ > [@Jasmine](#): > > Exactly! I indulged in a heart or two myself but, with the dire need for organ donors and the need for hearts in particular, it became a very politically incorrect thing to do. > > Damn liberals! 😈 Nothing wrong with a good hearty stew. And even better if it’s lungy and spleeny, too. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-darling-lili-an-old-american-movie/976403/169 "2022-12-14T13:37:26Z")
**A:** “Hey, your wife makes great stew!” **B:** “Yeah, I’m gonna miss her.” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-darling-lili-an-old-american-movie/976403/170 "2022-12-14T13:47:14Z")
Art should expand the beholder’s consciousness. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-darling-lili-an-old-american-movie/976403/171 "2022-12-14T13:48:15Z")
Art doesn’t do anything. That’s the beauty of it. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-darling-lili-an-old-american-movie/976403/172 "2022-12-14T13:53:39Z")
That’s because he’s usually nailed to the wall. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-darling-lili-an-old-american-movie/976403/173 "2022-12-14T17:20:16Z")
> [@Mr.Duality](#): > > Art should expand the beholder’s consciousness. But what about the mind flayers? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-darling-lili-an-old-american-movie/976403/174 "2022-12-14T18:43:32Z")
> [@Roman67](#): > > “Only the Supreme Court of the United States was able to overturn this decision after a lengthy trial.” A lengthy _trial_? In the Supreme Court? > [@mbh](#): > > As for comparing Russian TV with US TV, I can only say that the Soviet version of _The Hobbit_ is worse than the Rankin/Bass version of _The Hobbit_. It’s roughly comparable to a Sid & Marty Kroftt show. Better music, worse special effects. I’ll resist the temptation to link to it and it’s sequel The Commissar of the People’s Revolutionary Jewelry . . . because I’m not a monster. They’ve been linked in another thread . . . and they’re terrible. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-darling-lili-an-old-american-movie/976403/175 "2022-12-14T18:48:34Z")
I suspect our friend is actually a Tellarite. He does not argue for a reason; he simply argues. ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-darling-lili-an-old-american-movie/976403/176 "2022-12-14T18:54:58Z")
Can we get back on-topic to discussing intimate frictions please? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-darling-lili-an-old-american-movie/976403/177 "2022-12-14T19:37:10Z")
> [@CaveMike](#): > > intimate frictions I am abashed that you Westerners are unfamiliar with the superior Soviet marital aids, such as Khrushchev-Yeltsin Jelly (far superior to the American K-Y Jelly), and Glorious Proletariat condoms! Certainly every schoolboy would be familiar with them. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-darling-lili-an-old-american-movie/976403/178 "2022-12-14T19:40:05Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > …and Glorious Proletariat condoms! Ribbed, for the pleasure of the masses! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-darling-lili-an-old-american-movie/976403/179 "2022-12-14T19:54:37Z")
And flavored! 🥰 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-on-darling-lili-an-old-american-movie/976403/180 "2022-12-14T20:02:49Z")
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