Probably Unanswerable Questions
Gere; Gage’s morality; TV format; contract boundaries; dogs; Shackleford; business card
In the discussion (10)
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- Richard Gere as Gage is rejected because he has already played adjacent roles; Redford’s unexpected casting provides useful disorientation.
- Gage’s morality remains disputed: one view calls the proposition unequivocally bad despite complexity and consent, while the other sees a flawed man whose willingness to let Diana leave mitigates the judgment.
- The Million Dollar Club is proposed as an anthology or reality show, potentially an extreme evolution of The Bachelor.
- The contract should specify permitted sexual conduct and boundaries, rather than only payment and death contingencies; freeze-framing reveals little beyond the capitalized term Act.
- Specific unanswered contractual boundaries include positions, kissing and oral sex, with possible extended activity reinforcing the desire for flashbacks.
- A counterargument says withholding the sex scene lets viewers imagine something more extreme than the film could show.
- The fate of the two dogs Gage acquired to create a welcoming home is raised as a question.
- Whether Gage keeps and cares for the dogs after Diana leaves remains unanswered; their disposal is dark speculation, not a plot fact.
- Whether Shackleford has actually killed someone is debated, including possible indirect responsibility rather than a deliberate murder.
- Diana is thought to have kept Gage’s business card willingly after enjoying the night, rather than Shackleford secretly planting it; the alternative remains the question’s premise.