Nick & Norah’s Orgasm Weirdness

"Infinite Playlist" has a subplot about orgasms.

by Jessica Wakeman

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While the feminist in me yelped “hooray for having your first orgasm, Norah!” and did a fist pump, the cranky lady who paid $12 for a movie ticket on Saturday night rolled my eyes at the sub-plot. Really, Hollywood, we’re supposed to believe this Norah character knows her way around every indie rock club on NYC’s Lower East Side but she couldn’t find her way to a Babes in Toyland sex shop? And she’s so assertive, but she was with a guy for three years and they never managed to figure out how to make her come? And then she comes after two minutes on a couch with a guy she only met that night? Just doesn’t add up to reality.

Don’t get me wrong: I’m not complaining about the orgasmic sub-plot, per se. I’m really happy Hollywood showed a smart, witty teenage girl enjoying safe sexual activity with a respectful, sweet guy. (Nick doesn’t get off as well, actually, just Norah.) That was refreshing; I just found the circumstances unbelievable.

Did any Tango readers see Nick & Norah this weekend? What did you think about the orgasm sub-plot? Am I overreacting here?

 
 
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  • 1 Kate // Oct 8, 2008 at 1:42 pm

    No you’re not overreacting, I don’t think.

    I thought the orgasm subplot was really weird and would have liked the film a lot more if Norah had come without it being set up as a sort of challenge. I couldn’t believe that she’d never ever had an orgasm before and felt that what otherwise would have been two like-minded lovely people sharing a tingly and lovely intimate moment was marred by the idea that it was him giving her something rather than them sharing.

    Maybe I’m overreacting but it irked me.

  • 2 Chris // Oct 6, 2008 at 6:17 pm

    Any less believable than the super gay-wagon equipped with Nora-fitting clothing?

    But seriously, you’re right about there being something inconsistent about her sometimes-confidence/sometimes-insecure, with her staying with that guy, and especially in scenes with her obviously wanting to pull away from him but acting as if she was too feeble to physically do it.
 
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