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Still Damned Funny What a deliciously funny fish out of water comedy! Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper team up as an unlikely pair of lovers: she a band singer on the run from the law due to her boyfriend's role in a few murders; he an English professor who employs her in his research on slang. Stanwyck's aptly named Sugarpuss O'Shea moves into the house where eight professors, including Cooper, are conducting research for an encyclopedia. She brings a ball of, ahem, fire into their dull and routine lives with her personality and 'hep' slang. The great thing about this movie is that it is still damned funny. Stanwyck is genuinely hilarious and slang is put to brilliant use throughout the film. Cooper is the sweet simple guy he usually plays, but it is great to see him in tweed and full on curmudgeonly. The scene where Sugarpuss shows him what "yum yum" means (kissing for us squares) you can see the epiphany occuring behind his eyes. These two have great chemistry but much of the fun of the film is watching the other seven professors cope with a woman for the first time in their lives. It is the ultimate clash between book and street smarts and, refreshingly, there is no great victory for either side in the end, instead each learns from one another and they become the better for it. A 40's comedy that truly holds up over the years. email this review to a friend
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