Hello
rogueking
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Most of your questions have been answered, but I'll my contribution to the remaining questions:
the house of yes. yes. hm. is this because jackie o is, like lesley says, spoiled? and like her mother says, she gets what she wants? because for the most part, the title seems a bit ineffective and unfocused. until the end, of course, when jackie o ultimately does get her way, in a very bad way! then the title takes on a more powerful meaning. right?!
The answer below from someone who directed the play is a very interesting answer indeed. Also, someone wrote in another thread about the similarity, both in title and theme, to "The House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe. This had occurred to me too. Whether it was a conscious decision to base the title on Edgar Allan Poe's work or whether this was in the back of her mind, I don't know.
5. and other random wonderings: [a] what is goo made of?
do poor people really eat chicken pot pie (or pancakes for that matter)? [c] why does tori look like a pilgrim? [d] does the fact that they are all grown and still drinking "loving mothers milk" add to the incest-factor at all? [e] do brushes really make your hair gleam more than combs? [f] whats so bad about pennsylvania, dont they have a ton of chocolate or something?
Ha ha! Yes, I'm sure poor people DO eat pancakes disproportionately to the rest of the population. And popcorn, too, because they're cheap and they fill you up.
[c] Because she's so pure & virginal, which the costume department emphasised to the enth degree.
[d] In this context, absolutely! Add to the fact they're so wealthy, so there must be a reason they're drinking this rather affordable wine.
[e] Yes, brushes do make one's hair shine, as does repeated brushing (I seem to remember being told to brush my hair 100 times before bed as a child)
[f] Jackie would have made fun of wherever she was from, but PA is I suppose the poor cousin to NY, in the same way that NV is the poor cousin to California.
6. what was your favorite line of the movie? i know its pretty impossible to pick just one, because every line is phenomenal.
Jackie: We're not going to bed until one of three things happens: the hurricane ends, or we run out of rum.
Marty: That's only two.
Jackie: Hmmm
This is one of my favourite quotes of all time, and perfectly sums up the relationship between Jackie and Marty.
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I figured out what the missing painting is. Based on the blurry image one gets from pausing the DVD and zooming in on the painting, I strongly believe that the painting is Edouard Manet's "The Railway." Here is a good write up about the painting.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works/manet-edouard-the-railway-1873-810754.html
I can't figure out the significance of the painting, or why it is not on the wall in 1983. It is a passing snapshot of modern life with limited evidence to the identity to the woman or of the child who is facing away from the viewer. The woman does have a dog in her lap, so loyalty figures into the message of the painting.
I love the House of Usher connection you made in another thread. When I read that, I had one of those, "Why didn't I think of that," moments!
Oh, and, "You never get hungry in the desert. Because of the sandwiches!"

In response to 5. C. - I think Tori Spelling's wardrobe is supposed to be dowdy and pilgrim-esque to reinforce the glamour and sophistication of Jackie O. Plus, it adds to the puritanic, conservative nature of Spelling's character.

4. I heard an interesting theory that it's supposed to imply the house of Atreus ("a-tre-yes"). Dunno if that's the "right" interpretation or not, but it certainly fits

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"Were you poor? Did you eat chicken pot pies"
"Pancakes. We ate a lot of pancakes."

This movie has one of the most creative & original dialogues I have ever heard beforeI don't remember the exact lines, but I especially like the exchange they have about the wine in the living room (German/French thing)It was so funnyAnd Tori Spelling's reaction was just hilarious

Parker Posey is amazing indeed.
I had to watch this film for a class im taking on the Kennedys. Pretty interesting
My favorite lines are:
"leave now with your symbology intact" -the mom to Lesly
"its not a gun, its a camera" -Jackie about the gun the mom finds

Fantastic contribution,
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All VERY interesting!
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I directed the play "The House of Yes" last year, and had to do massive amounts of research for it The title, according to the author, comes from a personal experience when she was driving around the wealthy D.C. suburbs one day and kept seeing all these beautiful exteriors and wondering what went on inside. Later, she saw graffiti on a wall that mentioned a "house of yes," meaning "a world where people find themselves to be so above everything that they get what they want and don't understand the concept of 'no'." The pink hairbrush is to a: set up the joke later about hairbrushes and combs and Leslie only having a comb and b: to show that Jackie-O is mentally off balance with her freakout over not being able to find the hairbrush. Jackie-O's real name, as far as anyone knows, is Jackie Pascal and Jakie-O is/was a pet name from Marty that stuck with Anthony. In the play, Mrs. Pascal does call her Jackie-O a couple of times, but not like the boys do.
"I'm in a box, and I can't get out"

I've always enjoyed the line about screwing a mirror. That's a great scene all around. That and the one about her holding his penis as they came from the womb and it being in a medical book somewhere.
Guys who wear capes are on Angel Dust Be a hero w/o wearing your underwear outside of your clothes

best dialogue ever:
jackie-o: "i've noticed anthony's been wearing a lot of layers around me lately. look at him, he's wearing a tee-shirt, dress shirt, vest and a jacket."
marty: "i got it at the treasure trove. they say it belonged to a kennedy."
anthony: "why? did it have a bullet hole?"

I don't see the problem with making fun of the Amish on the Internet. It's not like they'll ever find out.
I think the House Of Yes refers to both their promiscuity, their unchecked conversations, and their extreme privelage. In the Pascal home, anything goes.
I actually didn't know that stereotype of PA, and I live there, although I am from Philadelphia.
I love Parkey Posey's scream/laugh and "Love is for tiny people with tiny lives." and "Your moral outrage is very specific, Anthony." (or something like that.)

I always thought the title didn't come from Jackie O's spoiledness. Before her dad left for all we know they were a happy family.
I always thought of the House of Yes as referring to the promiscuity. Anthony lies to sleep with women, and sleeps with his brother's fiance. Mr. Pacal left the wife, not because Jackie O was crazy, but because he probably had a girl on the side. Jackie O discusses her sex life quite liberally. She tried other men to get over Marty. Lesly talks about people she's slept with. And the big onse. Jackie O and Marty. The mother facilitates their relationship. She wants Jackie happy, Marty makes her happy. She's known about it all along, which is why she tried to get Lesly out of the house.
The Kennedys are known for their promiscuity, also. So the low moral standards had previously been set before the Pascals even moved in.
"So, Duffy, have any theories to go with that tie?" ~Paul Smecker, The Boondock Saints

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I thought West Virginia was the supposed incest capitol
Why call the Amish freaks of nature? It's not like they drink goat blood and sacrifice babies. Plus, they make some damn fine furniture!
Plus, not all of Pennsylvania is bad. Pittsburgh rules!

Jacqueline Kennedy's maiden name was Bouvier. She got the name Onassis when she married Aristotle Onassis, about four years after her husband's assassination.

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I just watched this movie again after a few years of not seeing it. I bought it on DVD because I remember enjoying it the first time i saw it.
I honestly think that this is the best female performance in a movie I have ever seen. I don't really care about award shows, but I dont see how this gets overlooked. Did it ?
Parker Posey is a phenom.

i have to agree. the jackie-o scream-laugh is one of the greatest things i have ever witnessed on film. parker posey is flawless. and youre right, the film is damn near flawless as well.

Hi,

1. I think her real name is Jackie, and that she took on the O herself. Her mother calls her Jackie, but not Jackie-O. But if I'm wrong, then it's never said.
2. They show it near the end just after Leslie and Marty's Sunday dream sequence. It does look like it matches the outfit.
3. Ya, I thought it was called that because everything is permitted. Jackie can have everything her way, she always has.
4. Ya, the movie aproaches flawless in my opinion, but here's a few.
   Leslie's my fiancee. Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.
   Anthony went out and bought a jacket and I went to alot of trouble to get sane. So you can't just leave. Leslie, on the other hand, is free to go at any time.
   Goo is what tape is all about. Goo is what makes it tape, instead of paper.
   Children just happen all the same. This one has blue eyes and that one's insane.
   I don't think you're insane. I think you're just spoiled. Oh, please. If people are going to start telling the truth around here, I'm going to bed.
   Do they have paintings in Pennsylvania?