John Travolta Has Some Good Advice on Women & Sex
In radio there’s a saying about questionable content–”When in doubt, leave it out.” I advise my 15-year-old son the same thing about questionable sexual situations with girls. (Actually, I tell him that I don’t want him to have sex at all, but I acknowledge that nothing I say there is going to stop him on that.)
Anyway, a “questionable situation” includes:
1) You don’t have a condom (danger: pregnancy, disease)
2) She’s been drinking (you don’t want her to regret it in the morning and then be accused of a phony “date rape”)
3) She’s emotionally unstable (same dangers as 1 and 2 combined)
4) Gang bang (disease, and the good chance that you’ll be accused of rape. It’s also rather disgusting.)
In every case, my advice is “leave it out.” John Travolta, in the movie Pulp Fiction, puts this more eloquently than I ever could.
The situation is this: Travolta (playing Vincent Vega) is the bodyguard/henchman for Marsellus Wallace, a minor league crime boss. Wallace’s wife/girlfriend is Uma Thurman (”Mia,” pictured above).
Wallace leaves town on business and orders Travolta to watch over Thurman. Travolta takes Thurman out for the evening and they end up dancing and having a great time. Travolta and Thurman come home and begin dancing again (pictured to the side).
Travolta goes to the restroom while Thurman turns on some music and dances alone. Travolta stares into the mirror telling himself he’d better leave Mia alone and not cross his boss. He gives himself some advice at 2:30 in this video clip that every single guy needs to heed sometimes. I played it for my son the other day, and hopefully he understood its wisdom.
To watch the video clip, click here.
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March 16th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Glenn –
You post extremely heavy stuff here.
There is the self discussion Travolta goes through regarding honor, honesty, and loyalty. And he is going to pass the test.
But the chick, helps herself to the guys (deadly) stash. She is ready to party. She thinks “a little taste” cannot hurt (even without his permission).
She’s wrong. And she’s nearly dead.
I hope your boy sees all of that in this video.
This is one of the heaviest scenes in the movie…and in life.
Travolta passed the test on many levels.
And he ended up saving the girl from her own greedy stupidity.
Let’s hope all of our son’s do not have to do the same thing.