ASSIGNMENT FOR SENIOR - COLLEGE STUDENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD #14 – HELPS EXPLORE MORAL ISSUE OF ONE NIGHT STANDS AND THE ISSUES OF WHETHER THIS IS REFLECTIVE OF GOOD MORALS AND CHOICE OR LACK OF BOTH AND THE RELATIONAL VALUES BETWEEN GOOD AND BAD (IS THIS GOOD PERSONAL CONDUCT? YES OR NO).

LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR

Directed by Richard Brooks
Written by Richard Brooks & Judith Rossner
Screenplay by Richard Brooks
Produced by Freddie Fields
Based on Book - Looking for Mr. Goodbar written by Judith Rossner.

Cast
Diane Keaton – Theresa
Tuesday Weld – Katherine
William Atherton – James
Richard Killey – Mr. Dunn
Richard Gere – Tony
Alan Feinstein – Martin
Tom Berenger – Gary
Priscilla Pointer – Mrs. Dunn
Laune Prange – Brigid
Joel Fabiani – Barney
Julius Harris – Black Cat
Richard Bright – George
Levar Burton – Cap Jackson
Marilyn Coleman – Mrs. Jackson
Carole Mallory – Marvella
Mary Ann Mallis – Principal
Jolene Dellenbach – Teacher
Lou Fant – Teacher (as Louie)
Eddie Garrett – Bartender
Alex Courtney – Arthur (as Alexander Courtney)
Brian Dennehy – Surgeon
Ricard Venture – Doctor
Robert O’Brien – Father Timothy
Anthony Hawkins – Chuck (as Tony Hawkins)
Caren Kaye – Rhoda
Dick Spangler – TV Announcer (as Richard Spangler)
Elizabeth Cheshire – Little Theresa
Marilyn Roberts – Woman in Bar
R.J. Adams – Man in Bar
Phil Chong – Extra
John Lafferty – Undercover Police Officer
Bill Willens – Club Hustler

This movie was produced in 1977 and deals with promiscuity and one night stands. In this movie which stars Diane Keaton (Theresa) who is a school teacher who goes to bars and picks up men for sex and eventually dies (killed) during one night of illicit sexual gratification which caused severe violence to be aimed towards her.

The person (male) possibly had a mental psychological problem with women of a promiscuous nature and anger that became projected on her and she became the object to fulfill his rage. He was possibly exposed to sexual abuse and victimized by women who were wanton and took advantage of him and he was unable to deal with the emotional overload in the relationship due to his age and lack of maturity.

She (school teacher) probably had a mental psychological problem where she was introduced to sex at a young age and socialized until impromptu sex became an acceptable outlet for sexual gratification and reflects she has a low esteem and regard for herself and others and is probably a victim of sexual abuse. She also was a victim of drugs and used sex and drugs for substitution of family, acceptance, and social norms to help numb the feelings of abandonment, being lost because of a failed relationship(s).

Propose Extra Credit to teacher and ask if you can do an oral presentation with students asking you questions to allow you to become used to speaking in front of a crowd. This will teach you how to be an orator and a great speaker one day.

The assignment is to watch the movie, answer the questions with emotional feeling and thought and write an essay of how this person (female) finds this behavior acceptable in today’s society and the possible consequences of emulating this behavior.

By doing so you will develop stimulative comprehension, interpretative comprehension, and thought comprehension. These are classified as starters and teaching sessions.

Stimulative Comprehension - Consist of stimuli that encourages thought patterns to emerge that facilitate understanding with more comprehension and continuous thought.

Interpretative Comprehension - Consist of taking a thought and becoming more analytical and interpretative of the intent whether clearly versed or hidden and obtaining the intent to keep on.

Thought Comprehension - is the last step in assimilation because it takes in account the stimuli and the reason (interpretative comprehension) and it will facilitate considerable change and expanded thought that allows more understanding and evolved thought patterns.

1. Generate Questions that incorporates using exploratory thought patterns and will allow more concise assimilation.

2. Answers become more broadened, detailed and generate more interactive ability and cognizant ability expands when continuing reading.

3. More ability to be analytical and upgradeable analysis and observational skill will naturally expand as student grows and matures.

4. Summary and conclusionary thought of subject provide assimilative procedures by using the supposedly common tools that are a base but is allowable to be expanded to ensure more accurate reading and entails allowing thought processes to increase.

QUESTIONS IN RELATION TO MOVIE (STORY)

1. What is the purpose of this story or movie?
2. Is it possible that even more violence could be enacted against yourself if you acted like her?
3. Would you countenance the thought of this kind of behavior as normal?
4. Do you feel that if you did the same you would be your own catalyst and help destroy yourself?
5. Do you think that you could have faired better than her in this scenario?
6. What consist of the type of moral inhibitors that would prevent you from emulating her?
7. Do you think that she thought anything about her double life destroying her professional life?
8. Why do you think she was uncaring of what someone thought of her acts of promiscuity being uncovered and discovered?
9. Why does she daydream about her teacher relating to sexual matters?
10. What issue did she have when she was young that required surgery?
11. Did her family believe in God?
12. Do you feel she felt she sinned to be burdened with the physical affliction?
13. What was her physical ailment?
14. Who all helped with her recovery?
15. Does she have a lover and how long have they been together?
16. Does she enjoy sex?
17. Do they have sexual problems?
18. What issue is one of her sisters having with two men in her life?
19. Is she a good teacher for teaching sign language?
20. Is she a caring and effusive and charismatic teacher?
21. Was there a lot of tension in the household where she lived with her parents?
22. Do you believe she was jealous of her sister’s relationship when her date came to their parent’s home?
23. Why did she give of herself so freely?
24. Is that why he broke the relationship up?
25. Do you believe this is why she started going to bars for relationships and wanting physical closeness?
26. Why did her father tell her that she had to abide by the rules he made as long as she lived in this house?
27. Was her father too strict and protective?
28. Is she a good teacher and an excellent sign language specialist?
29. Why do you think she fantasized a lot of suggestive sexual things that ordinarily her restrictive nature prevented?
30. Do you believe that suggestive imagery that you fantasize will become a reality because you are allowing in presence in your mind?
31. Who takes a book to a club to read and why?
32. Why is she making an effort to help Amy (little black girl)?
33. Is her protectiveness coming out to allow her to be Amy’s friend and hero?
34. Why do you think she decided to have herself fixed to have no children?
35. Why do they (Tony and Theresa) feel nobody never tells the truth?
36. Why do you think she invited a strange man home for sex with no knowledge of him?
37. Is she disturbed about her sister’s problem and broken relationship?
38. Do you feel club life is starting to appeal to her?
39. Why could she not control the situation when her one stand broke into her house and was there?
40. Why is she trying cocaine is it because she wants to fit in, feel wanted or feel cared for?
41. Why was her students disturbed because she was late for class?
42. Why do you think she needed sexual relationships with strange men?
43. Do you feel these relationships gave her sexual freedom and power as a woman?
44. Is this a typical dysfunctional family where all the females have trouble with relationships?
45. How do you think she felt when Tony ran off the man she was spend the evening with?
46. Why do you think Tony started being violent toward her?
47. Why did they raid her home for narcotics?
48. Who do you think tipped off the police and was a search warrant tendered?
49. Who do you think set her up for the drug raid?
50. Why do you think Tony came back to scare her after he beat her up?
51. When do you think she realized Tony had psychological problems of a sexual nature?
52. When do you think she realized too late that the last guy she brought home had violent psychological problems that ended in her murder and demise?
53. Touching lightly on the subject what do you think was this person’s issue regarding sex with either a woman or man?
54. Do you feel this last guy had severe perverted issues and traits that were not controllable?
55. What did you learn from one night stands and the fear that comes with them?
56. Is it safe or not or worse than you thought could be possible?

By

Felicia McCaw