The Hairy Bird

Looking through old movies I came across a movie called “All I Wanna Do”. This movie is about an all girls boarding school that is looking to make the transition to a coed boarding school. Although you would expect most girls to be excited about this merge, the main characters are extremely distraught. The movie goes through the girls’ conniving pranks and plans to make the boys school appear rowdy and disorderly. Despite the clear tone of female independence in the movie, what first caught my eye were the credits. In the credits there was a funny looking creature, however upon closer examination I realized that it was a penis is the form of bird (wings and all).
This amazed me because I never expected a modern movie to include this phallic symbol. This directly related to the lecture on talking penises. In addition, the main actresses in the movie frequently related quotes back to this phallic bird. This “hairy bird” was a clear sign of oppression to the girls and when they spoke of it, it was generally under a tone of distress. Also, the boys in the movie refer to their genitalia as a bird at several points in the movie. At one point, one of the main actresses shouts out in a fury, “I’m not gonna live in the shadow of the hairy bird,” which demonstrates her anger at men’s dominance over women’s future. However, I found it funny that the girls’ plans to get rid of the boys centered on portraying the young high school boys as oversexed rambunctious individuals. In addition, several of the boys in the movie are completely preoccupied with taking a picture of their dates topless. Overall, I found the spontaneity of the movie intriguing and the characters were witty and charming. In addition, I loved the willingness of the girls to stand up to authority and their refusal to be raised to be trophy wives refreshing. I believe that this movie is one that most people should see because it instills a sense that woman often have better ruling attitudes than people give them credit for.