 23_ S.O.B.
(1981, dir. Blake Edwards)
Best Seen: Warner DVD
Time Code: Chapter 20, 80:50
After this summer’s Jude Law debacle, naughty nannies seem almost de rigueur. But when Julie Andrews, everyone’s favorite G-rated cinematic child care professional (The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins) bares her breasts, it’s scandalous. Andrews (as wholesome actress Sally Miles, a.k.a. “Smiles”) pulls the top of her red dress down and pauses almost triumphantly, knowing that she’s changing her own image—as well as her character’s—forever. “I’m going to show my boobies,” Sally says to Dr. Finegarten (Robert Preston). “Do you think they’re worth showing?” He replies, “In my humble opinion, you’ve got a terrific pair of knockers.” And when we were finally able to catch our breath, we realized he was right.
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