re: I've Never Seen Casablanca- Update page 3

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Ilsa calls Sam ‘boy” which is cringy.

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yeah, a little, but she’s European so she gets a pass

i like that Sam and Rick’s relationship was obviously more than valet/boss, its clear that they like and respect one another, and Sam genuinely tries to get Rick out of town and away from Ilsa because he knows how badly she hurt him

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Rick unnecessarily cucks Victor at the end. “You may not now, but you might one day…” is some serious game.

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Victor had already cucked himself by that point

also you may have noticed (as i assume he did) that despite him telling her “i love you” multiple times during the film, she never once said it back - he knew he was in a one-sided marriage and he didn’t care

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did Rick and Ilsa have sex the night they reconciled? I think they did because the scene ends with a fade-out which was typically how directors suggested “sex to follow.” A lot of people think they didn’t.

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hard to say, it wasnt nearly as obvious as Sam Spade & Brigid O’Shaunessy in Maltese Falcon, and the fact that both were immaculately dressed after the fade out (Rick’s jacket is even still buttoned!) leads me to believe it wasn’t Curtiz’s intention that the audience should assume they did the horizontal bop - and yet, they had the perfect opportunity