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Subject: non-sordid movies
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Date: Fri, 25-Nov-83 14:22:57 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 25 14:22:57 1983
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Has anyone seen the movie "Leona"?
About a woman with kids and married to a college teacher 
(formerly a student of his),
who falls in love with her professor while taking a course
at the same college where her husband teaches.  The professor finds
her stimulating and entertaining.  Unfortunately she (the professor) is
involved with someone else.  
Leona begins to see the world through
different eyes after realizing she's attracted to women.  
She ends up separating from her husband even though she has no commitment
from the other woman.
The movie shows how difficult it is for Leona to try to start a 
new life on her own.
She never finished getting her
bachelor's degree, and has little job experience.  
It's lonely out there.  And the jobs they have for non-college graduates 
with no job experience stink.   The move also shows how
her husband, friends, and kids react to her new identity as a Lesbian.
The most interesting reaction is from a good woman friend of hers who
starts going over all their past experiences together, wondering if Leona
had really been trying to seduce her all along.  All kinds of formerly
harmless displays of affection now seem questionable.  The most moving
scene is at the end of the movie when the friend is finally able to
see past her fears to the fact that she really does care about Leona,
and needs/wants her still as a friend.  
The lesbians in the movie all seem to be caring, strong, intelligent, 
attractive women.  I think it's a very positive portrayal of lesbianism.