The truth behind the sexy scenes of ’90s thriller ‘Indecent Proposal’
nypost.com“Indecent Proposal,” starring Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson as Diana and David, a loving but financially strapped couple approached by John Gage, a playboy billionaire (Robert Redford) with a twisted proposition.
The film was a massive hit. At the same time, it was derided by critics and won multiple Razzie awards. It was satirized and referenced countless times in pop culture, including on episodes of “The Simpsons” and “Mad About You,” and the 1996 Farrelly brothers comedy “Kingpin,” which also starred Harrelson.
It was widely labeled sexist for using Moore’s character as an object of sexual barter — a theme made comically literal in a scene featuring a scantily clad Moore rolling around on a money-covered bed.“It made me sick,” Betty Friedan, author of “The Feminine Mystique,” said in the Los Angeles Times.
Perhaps sensing the furor to come, Lyne even included a cutaway shot of a woman reading Susan Faludi’s feminist tome “Backlash” in the film.For screenwriter Amy Holden Jones, whose previous work, 1988’s “Mystic Pizza,” had made little impact upon its initial release (despite starring a new talent by the name of Julia Roberts), the “Indecent Proposal” script was a career game-changer.
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