Hi, White Tulip. Good to hear from you! 

I've never heard of Route 66.  It's really interesting to see such overt male sobbing in a show from that era -- although there's something about the stagier performance-style combined with the over-dubbed crying-sounds that keeps me from truly enjoying most crying scenes shot before the 80s or 90s.  

I must say, though, the way Milner buries his face in Maharis' elbow at the end of the attempted-suicide-sequence is pretty cute. 

Last edited by Tristana (May 11, 2016 10:54 pm)

White Tulip wrote:

Hi, Tristana!  I wasn't alive in the 1960's but am generally a big fan of TV shows and movies from that decade.  However, I think crying scenes were less popular then, probably because it wasn't then considered as "okay" to show men crying as it is now.  

I was born in the 80s (I think we're about the same age) but I really love movies from the 60s as well -- especially French and Italian ones.  I also like older Hollywood movies quite a bit.     

Really, it's just that there isn't always a complete overlap between my taste in crying scenes and my taste in movies more generally.  I've definitely been obsessed with crying scenes from movies or shows that I basically dislike otherwise, and there are crying scenes in movies I love that leave me cold.   

White Tulip wrote:

 A bit of trivia -- George Maharis is gay in real life (a fact that wasn't generally known in the early 1960's!), which I think gives an extra bit of subtext to the whole scene.  
 

That's interesting, there's definitely seems to be a feeling of intimacy between the two actors. 

I have seen the The Odd Couple, although it's been quite a few years -- it's definitely a classic. 

I saw it at a time when I wasn't nearly as keyed in to my interest in crying as I am now -- I think I might have watched it for a class -- so, unfortunately, I don't have much of a memory of that scene.

Too bad it's not online.