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Welcome to The Hays Code's downfall.
  • Jerry and Joe managing to escape the police troops in Columbo's place while most of the others had gotten captured.
  • During a particular moment when it seemed like all hope was lost and Jerry and Joe were about to get slaughtered by Spats and his hitmen, and wounded Charlie reached for a nearby phone and got slaughtered for it, allowing the main duo to make a getaway.
  • Jerry and Joe's girl costumes. There's a reason they had won the Academy Award for Best B/A Costume Design.
  • Sugar Kane's first appearance has even Jerry marveling at her appearance.
  • "Daphne" gets one when she covers for Sugar Kane after she gets caught with liquor.
  • Joe and Sugar's makeout scene pictured above is notably awesome because it signified the downfall of the The Hays Code.
  • Towards the ending, there's the scene where "Josephine" overhears Sugar singing in sorrow and came back to her. Then one of the gangsters showed up and revealed that to everyone that Joe wasn't actually a lady, but did Sugar get upset or abandon him for good? Nope. She got over the fake identity, follows Joe in his getaway boat, and loved him for who he was. Because unlike those other saxophone players Sugar told them about, he actually gave her something in return. He may be just as mischievous as some of those other guys, but he actually thought about her feelings.
  • And then there's the famous final exchange towards "Daphne" and Osgood. Jerry finally took Joe's advice and decided to not get married to him. He even came up with Hurricane of Excuses, including revealing his true male gender. But every time Jerry came up with an excuse, he was completely cool with it.
    Osgood: I called Mama. She was so happy she cried. She wants you to have her wedding gown. It's white lace.
    Daphne: Yeah, Osgood. I can't get married in your mother's dress. Ha ha. That-she and I, we are not built the same way.
    Osgood: We can have it altered.
    Daphne: Aw no you don't! Osgood, I'm gonna level with you. We can't get married at all.
    Osgood: Why not?
    Daphne: Well, in the first place, I'm not a natural blonde.
    Osgood: Doesn't matter.
    Daphne: I smoke. I smoke all the time.
    Osgood: I don't care.
    Daphne: Well, I have a terrible past. For three years now, I've been living with a saxophone player.
    Osgood: I forgive you.
    Daphne: I can never have children.
    Osgood (unperturbed): We can adopt some.
    Jerry-Daphne: But you don't understand, Osgood. (He whips off his wig, exasperated, and changes to a manly voice.) Uh, I'm a man.
    Osgood (unruffled, undaunted, and still in love): Well, nobody's perfect.

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