Which would fit with the book, however I don't recall it ever being that specific in the movie. Another large part of the book that was played down in the film is the romantic relationship between Idgie and Ruth.
The implication that Ninny and Idgie are the same person, therefore it is impossible based on several other points in the film. Evelyn takes Ninny out of the nursing home to go live with her and they are visiting the cemetary when she finds the jar of honey and the note on Ruth's tombstone.
They are not the same person. Early in the movie Ninny tells Evelyn that she had married Idgie's brother, Cleo. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Were Ninny and Idgie the same person? Ask Question. Asked 8 years, 7 months ago.
Fried Green Tomatoes. Photos Top cast Edit. Cicely Tyson Sipsey as Sipsey. Jon Avnet. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Evelyn Couch is having trouble in her marriage, and no one seems to take her seriously. While in a nursing home visiting relatives, she meets Ninny Threadgoode, an outgoing old woman, who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode, a young woman in 's Alabama.
Through Idgie's inspiring life, Evelyn learns to be more assertive and builds a lasting friendship of her own with Ninny. The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce. Did you know Edit. Trivia Mary Stuart Masterson did all of the bee stunts herself because her stunt double quit at the last minute. A few minutes later, when they walk towards the car, the suitcase has disappeared. Quotes [Evelyn is cut off in a parking lot] Evelyn Couch : Hey! Alternate versions In the TV version, Idgie watches Ruth teaching Sunday school before taking her to her birthday party at the saloon.
User reviews Review. Top review. This film is what movies should be about! I have viewed this marvelous film at least 2 dozen times. As with all great movies, you will always catch something "new" with each watching.
In , with George H. Bush in office and a disease killing gay men while the government stood by and watched, it felt like another example of shame-filled erasure to some.
The sexuality is unimportant. Ruth never dates Buddy in the book, for instance — she and Idgie meet only after Mama Threadgoode asks Ruth, a family friend, to come help her rescue Idgie, who has gone off to mourn Buddy by the River Club and sometimes into the arms of Eva Bates, who is played in the movie by Grace Zabriskie, though her character in the film barely registers. When I brought up Fried Green Tomatoes as a mainstream movie with a lesbian love story, she said some things had been cut that would have made the relationship more obvious.
We were clearly playing that. The aunts who lived together but never married would have been alienated from watching it and allowing themselves to love the characters. I think. I think they might have been afraid. There are several black characters who are richly drawn in the novel but are cut entirely from the movie.
In the movie, the two lead black characters, Big George Stan Shaw and Sipsey Cicely Tyson , are silent and saintly — today, their lack of depth would be unacceptable. It makes no sense. Hated it then, hate it now. When Fried Green Tomatoes came out, we were this close to LGBT representation changing forever — that change would come soon afterward.
Television, beginning with The Real World in , was soon to lead the way to a more inclusive future. Get me in a bar with some drinks and I will draw you a direct line between The Real World and the Supreme Court legalizing same-sex marriage. Obviously, everything is different now: If Fried Green Tomatoes were released in , the filmmakers and the studio would certainly be less shy about showing that Idgie and Ruth are a couple.
To watch it today is also to reflect back on my past self: who I was at the start of my adult life, years before I found my own soulmate, and long before we had kids.
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