Mannequin

Hey, Do You Remember...?

Christopher Schrader

Tv & Film, Comedy

4.8 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2014

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

None of us had seen the 1987 comedy Mannequin in a really long time and we were all pretty stunned to discover that this movie doesn't offer any explanations for what's happening. That pre-credits scene in Egypt? Irrelevant. The circumstances that led to Emmy becoming a mannequin? Never touched on. The reason that Jonathan's the only one that can see her? Doesn't matter.

Chris has fond memories of watching this as a kid and still enjoys the film despite the glaring problems. Donna didn't pay much attention to it when she was younger and Carlos was more interested in swooning over Kristy Swanson in the sequel.

In addition to the story's complete lack of logic, they also discuss the character of Hollywood and how the filmmakers might have been trying to send the right message in the wrong way, what Roxy's fashion choices tell us about a woman's role in the workforce during the late 80s, the one important aspect of this concept that the much-maligned Mannequin Too actually handles better, the super-awkward chapter of his life that Chris will always associate with this movie, and much much more!

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0:00.0	Hey, do you remember mannequin?
0:06.9	Hello and welcome, Hey, do you remember a shan? Hello and welcome to Hey Do You Remember, a show where we reminisce about a movie or TV series we grew up with, then take off the rose tinted glasses to see how it holds up today.
0:31.6	I'm Chris.
0:32.4	I'm Donna.
0:33.4	And I'm Uncle Moonrise.
0:34.9	And today we're revisiting Mannequin.
0:52.8	Thank you. And I'm Uncle Moonrise. And today we're revisiting Mannequin. In this 1987 comedy, Brat Pack heartthrob Andrew McCarthy plays Jonathan Switcher, a young artist who has made a career out of being fired from one menial job after another.
1:03.9	His girlfriend, Roxy, urges him to keep his creative impulses under control and just fall in line, but Jonathan can't shake the feeling that he was meant for more than that.
1:12.4	He eventually gets his chance to prove it when he's hired as a window dresser at a struggling department store.
1:17.6	His bold displays lead to a surge in popularity, but there's just one catch.
1:21.9	Jonathan's not working alone.
1:23.7	His partner in crime is Emmy, a mannequin who comes to life when no one else is looking.
1:28.8	Donna, what do you remember about mannequin?
1:31.5	Well, a few things, I guess.
1:35.3	I remember the movie being around.
1:38.3	Like, I sort of have the feeling that I watched it in bits and pieces pretty young.
1:44.6	I feel like it was a pretty popular movie,
1:46.6	so people had it, you know, in their VHS players when I was around.
1:55.6	You know, you should have come up with a better name for those, don't you think?
1:58.5	Oh, yeah.
1:59.2	You would have thought, but no.
2:01.4	Never did.
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