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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Smarty is a 1934 film directed by Robert Florey, starring Joan Blondell and Warren William.Vicki and Tony Thorpe (Blondell and William) are an upper-class married couple with some problems. Tony is pretty plainly not satisfying Vicki in the bedroom, which leads to her mercilessly teasing him. When she needles him too much at a dinner party for friends, Tony slaps her in the face. Vicki, with the encouragement of family friend and divorce attorney Vernon Thorpe (Edward Everett Horton) immediately files for divorce, and marries Vernon. However, in reality she still loves Tony, and sets out to win him back.This film was made at the end of The Pre-Code Era and is an all-time example of Values Dissonance. It is full of nonstop Fanservice, winking double entendres, and sex talk. Most amazingly, and possibly most off-putting to a 21st century viewer, is the central message: men should hit their wives to keep them in line. It turns out that the real problem in the Thorpe marriage is that Vicki really likes being slapped around and sexually dominated, and is discontent with Tony because he doesn't hit her enough.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Has to be seen to be believed. | |
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AmicablyDivorced | |
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Amicably Divorced: Tony and Vicki get along pretty well after their divorce. Mostly because they obviously still love each other. | |
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Celebrity Paradox | |
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Celebrity Paradox: In one of several discussions about how it's OK for men to hit women, Tony mentions that he saw a movie where a man shoved a grapefruit in a woman's face, and it was no big deal. That's a reference to The Public Enemy (1931), which co-starred Joan Blondell (Mae Clarke took the grapefruit to the face). | |
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Casual Kink | |
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Casual Kink: As it turns out, Vicki really wants to be dominated and smacked around. Tony can't deal with this at first and Vernon can't at all. She is positively gleeful when Tony finally takes charge at the end. | |
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Berserk Button | |
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Berserk Button: Vicki's taunting references to "diced carrots", which apparently are metaphors for Tony's impotence, tend to make him fly into rages. | |
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All Women Are Lustful | |
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All Women Are Lustful: Vicki wants to be dominated and slapped around. Anita got divorced because of her serial cheating. Bonnie, who is married to another man, desperately wants to get into Tony's pants. | |
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Fanservice Model / int_993bfbca | |
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Romanticized Abuse / int_993bfbca |
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