Comments on: You’ve Got Me, Cher

By: Cher Scholar

Cher Scholar — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:07:05 +0000

Pilgrim Soul, I would love to talk to you more about the specific gender issues in Moonstruck. I run a blog and zine where we try to deconstruct Cher in these exact ways, as well as from other prisms feminist, cultural, ethnic, etc.

I love, love, loved this post – and think it captures something novel that Cher fans haven’t yet verbalized. I blogged about it here: http://cherscholar.typepad.com/i_found_some_blog/2009/05/cher-is-not-sorry.html

Cher Scholar

By: panda

panda — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:23:02 +0000

I also love Moonstruck. And I admit, I cannot stand Nicholas Cage now, but there were a few good films he was in a long, long time ago, of which Moonstruck is one of them. And can I just also recommend Valley Girl? I love love love that movie for lots of reasons, and somehow Cage is, dare I say it, kind of cute in the role. Please tell me I’m not alone in this??

By: Spark

Spark — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:21:19 +0000

I love Cher. I love everything about her, even the bad house music. I love Moonstruck (even Nicholas Cage doesn’t mess it up). I saw her live about 5 years ago. A lot of wigs, a lot of glitter, a video montage of her movie roles. It was so much fun. I’ve been trying to arrange a trip to Vegas to see her for about forever.

By: DangerMouse

DangerMouse — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:28:50 +0000

Sometimes, the people who “don’t get it” do get… that it’s dumb.

On that note, I “don’t get” Nicholas Cage.

By: J.D.regent

J.D.regent — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:20:17 +0000

Nic Cage is my all time least favorite actor. I still love Moonstruck. He’s young and not quite as bewildering.

By: BeckySharper

BeckySharper — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:16:10 +0000

@PhDork: No, watch it! I don’t like Nic Cage either, but it’s an ensemble cast, so you don’t have to look at him very often. And the script and the storyline are very funny and wise and romantic.

By: sarah.of.a.lesser.god

sarah.of.a.lesser.god — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:13:26 +0000

Oh my God, Mermaids and Rachel Flax! Forget anything else she's ever done, that is the one reason I will always love Cher (and Winona Ryder). I am ashamed to say the only other thing I've seen Cher in was an episode of Will & Grace.

By: PhDork

PhDork — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:13:13 +0000

I have always shied away froom Moonstruck because of my deep, abiding, and admittedly irrational hatred of Nic Cage. *shudder* Should I risk it, or just watch Mask again?

By: J.D.regent

J.D.regent — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:09:35 +0000

Suspect, in terms of movies, is not the best. I just like it because it features a heroic female public defender. And it’s got that gritty, urban 70s/80s crime movie aesthetic I just love.

By: BeckySharper

BeckySharper — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:04:21 +0000

I totally LOVE Moonstruck. One of the best scripts ever. And I don’t even find Nicholas Cage attractive, but Cher made that believable for a couple hours.

Agree with you about Cher, too. She just IS. She doesn’t look the way society tells her to, she doesn’t act or dress the way they tell her to. She is just thoroughly herself, and she does it with dignity, which is the element missing from most of today’s unapologetic “celebrities.”