Movie and Show Titles

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/31/04 at 5:11pm

So I'm sitting here watching the ABC family channel - - "She Devil" is on, one of those guilty pleasures and just saw an ad for an older Olsen twin movie called "Bend It Baby". It kind of revolves around soccer. Which makes me think of the movie "Bend It LIke Beckham", which I never saw but never understood the title. Obviously, I've come to the conclusion that it's a soccer term, but being the young gay man I am, I know nothing about sports.
So, I was wondering what other titles of movies or even Broadway shows you never got until after the fact. Or, even more interesting, what shows would you have named differently?
I always thought Side Show was a better title than "Come Look at the Freaks" (which I had heard was an option), but felt it still made it seem too "freaky" to attract people. "Cats" might have been something a little more exciting, but I'm no composer.
Thanks for listening to my ramblings!
:)
DT Updated On: 1/31/04 at 05:11 PM

[Gothampc]

Posted: 1/31/04 at 5:15pm

I've never quite understood the title "Oh!Calcutta!". Maybe I wasn't paying attention when I saw the show. One can get distracted if you know what I mean.

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 1/31/04 at 6:00pm

One of my good friends was born and raised in India. He and his new bride (it was an arranged marriage and they didn't know each other very well at the time) hadn't been in the US for long, when he decided to take her out for a night of theater. Knowing *nothing* about American theater, he chose to take her to, you guessed it, O, Calcutta, thinking it would remind her of home. 'Twas a difficult night for them.

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 1/31/04 at 6:11pm

DT, you don't have to know or care a thing about sports, but it would be remiss of me not to introduce you to David Beckham. Get it? Got it? Good!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 1/31/04 at 6:15pm

Hmmm, I'd bend it for him!
lol...
Thanks, MasterLcZ

[shermanslave]

Posted: 1/31/04 at 6:28pm

dirty boys!

[TheaterBaby]

Posted: 1/31/04 at 9:01pm

Before I saw Hollywood Arms I could not figure out what the title meant. Then afterwards, I realized it was the name of the building where she grew up.

[MasterLcZ]

Posted: 1/31/04 at 9:58pm

My pleasure, DT!