Mallory Rubin Award: Did This Movie Need a Better Sex Scene?
No; an explicit climax jokingly proposed
In the discussion (6)
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- The gentle missionary scene is considered sufficient, followed by a joke asking for an explicit climax and comments about Meg’s nightgown.
- Meg approaches or considers several men as sperm donors; Sarah ultimately offers Harold, which is linked to guilt over her affair with Alex.
- One host calls Sarah’s offer guilt-driven loser behavior, while another treats it as era-specific generosity and free love.
- Harold’s intermittent South Carolina accent is criticized inside the scene.
- The scene’s strangeness and Glenn Close’s reactions are central to why it remains memorable.
- Whether the attempt worked is unresolved; Sarah is skeptical because it does not always take the first time.