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Fatal Attraction: Betrayal, Boiled Bunnies, and Hubbies Behaving Badly


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And today, we're covering Adrian Lyne's iconic 1987 film Fatal Attraction. It follows Dan Gallagher - a successful lawyer and happily married man who thinks he can have a casual, "discrete" weekend affair with the sexually independent book editor Alex Forrest. What Dan does NOT realize is that Alex is, shall we say, a bit more attached than he is. Her obsession escalates to stalking, violence, and one poor boiled bunny. As a result, the audience is basically begged to side with Dan even though he abdicates responsibility for his transgression and never fully takes responsibility. So, who is the villain here? Let's discuss!

The film stars Glenn Close, Michael Douglas, and Anne Archer and has a runtime of 1 hour and 59 minutes.

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Cinematix ProblematixBy Kristina Rettig & Erin Maxwell | Cinematix Problematix