http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/today_the_stranger_suggests_295 Film'Five Easy Pieces' at Northwest Film Forum The question of whether Five Easy Pieces is sexist or about sexism has been troubling movie nerds for 30 years. The answer is yes. Even the title is a sexist double entendre; those pieces aren't piano music, dude. But it's also unquestionably about sexism, or at least a sexist (Jack Nicholson at his most robust), whose woman-mauling behavior injures everyone, himself included. Throw in the chicken-salad-sandwich scene and you've got an imperishable emotional weather report from the dawn of the American 1970s. (Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 267-5380. 7 and 9:15 pm,... Copyright 2008 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:00:00 -0800 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:29:46 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss So what's the story about, then?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/today_the_stranger_suggests_295#c887013 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/today_the_stranger_suggests_295#c887013 Stranger Suggests Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:29:46 -0800