Nichols suggested a simple name change, and "Mrs. Robinson" was born. Like the song, the film is actually pretty nostalgic. It may have been part of an attack on the jaded values of one generation's parents, but the future those kids looked to was defined by an idealized past. For those who've only seen the homage to the film done in Wayne's World 2 tell us you've seen it— wasn't that long ago, right? Luckily, his parents' friends are willing to help; one tells him the future lies in plastics; another wants to sleep with him.
Benjamin initially turns down Mrs. Robinson, but eventually cinema's first and greatest cougar snags her prey. In the midst of their affair, Benjamin falls in love with Mrs. Robinson's daughter, Elaine, and sets his mind on marrying her. Robinson, horrified that her innocent pride-and-joy might marry the now-corrupted Benjamin, forbids it, forcing the suddenly clear-eyed young man to drive thousands of miles, pound on church windows, and battle groomsmen with a cross in order to win his bride.
Throughout the film, we are reminded of the mess the older generation has made of the world, from the artificiality of their vision—"one word: plastics"—to the emptiness of their marriages.
Robinson epitomizes it all. Worn out and a drunk, possessing everything but feeling almost nothing, her only source of satisfaction is her daughter. But Elaine is also her darkest secret: conceived not in holy matrimony, but rather in the backseat of a Ford. Perhaps most wickedly, Mrs. Robinson is not content to wallow alone in her misery. Instead, she's driven to corrupt the young Benjamin, a confused but idealistic year-old.
Yet as much as this film celebrates the comparative purity of the young, the future these kids envision is pretty conventional. Once Benjamin comes out of his fog, all he can think about is getting married. He doesn't want to run off to a commune or shack up with Elaine in some hippie love den.
He wants to get married. Within his fairy-tale planning, he even builds in time to get blood tests. Paul Simon's song makes only a limited appearance in the film. The version of "Mrs. Robinson" that was released as a single and included on Simon and Garfunkel's album Bookends told us much more about the musical Mrs.
Robinson than we learned in the movie. For example, the Mrs. Robinson of song spent some time in an asylum or rehab, but a verse at the center of the track speaks to the hypocrisy that sits at the core of Mrs.
Robinson's film-and-song existence:. Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes. Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes.
It's a little secret, just the Robinsons' affair. Most of all you've got to hide it from the kids. Tessa South African.
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Browse Definitions. Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web! Robinson" wasn't written directly to the movie.. Robinson--with whom Ben has an affair. It's a loveless affair.. Ben, a recent college grad who believes he has no future, is trying to search for meaning in the world and he has an affair with Mrs. Robinson because it gives him something to do. Robinson is Ben's father's business partner, and Ben's father pushes Ben to date the Robinsons' daughter Elaine, against the wishes of Mrs.
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and when Ben falls in love with Elaine, Mrs. Robinson unleashes her wrath In any case, I'm no expert Scenes and ideas from The Graduate have been copied and remade in countless movies, television shows and other various productions; they say sometimes that all or at least most of the best ideas have already been taken DancesWithSheep5 on June 21, Link.
General Comment sebastianguilt, just because you think you have discovered "the truth" about this song does not mean that the rest of us cannot post here. To me, though, this song is brilliant in its ability to get people happy and singing when the lyrics are quite dark.
If the song is about being in an institution, then the first verse "We'd like to help you learn to help yourself" is quite mocking of the methods use to help people overcome problems, whether pertaining to alcohol, drug, or mental instability. In the same vein, the references to Jesus and Heaven are also sarcastic, poking fun at the institutions in this country that are supposed to help people, but instead are often corrupt and unhelpful.
Finally, the references to "hiding" something is metaphorical, refering to keeping secrets rather than drugs or alcohol in the house. Simon suggests putting "it in your pantry with your cupcakes" as a riff on the people who pretend to be good and holy but who are only hiding behind the facade.
It's about being someone you aren't and not being honest. I love this song. It's beautiful and timeless. LittleBriddie on April 17, Link.
Robinson could be about cannabis and how "Jesus loves you more than you will know" can refer to one of the most overseen gifts from God like fruits and vegetables ready for us to pick and consume he also gave us Mary Jane.
So regardless if Mrs. Robinson is an alchoholic or in a mental institution or anything else, the song writer is trying to help her see the benifits of medicating using cannabis by explaining to her: " all you see around you are sympathetic eyes". Meaning the other cannabis users like simon and garfunkle. The part " stroll around the grounds untill feel at home" is totally obvious if you smoke weed because thats how things go down when you first start.
And weed like to help you help yourself is also totally obvious. General Comment its about a lady in a mental institution LeChatNoir on July 02, Link.
LeChatNoir I assumed that it was not a mental institution, but an old-folks' home. Like a retirement home. MetalHeadSJ on July 21, General Comment The song can only be loosley fitted to the movie.
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