‘Challengers’ isn’t the first movie to take a straight, monogamous love triangle and make it something much murkier. Hopefully, it won’t be the last.
. It happens about halfway into the movie and less than a year into the ever-shifting relationship between tennis players Patrick Zweig . Tashi is dating Patrick — much to Art’s barely masked chagrin — and the guys pop over to a courtside snack kiosk for a spontaneous check-in about the not-so-happy couple. I wish I could tell you exactly what they talk about, but I spent the entire scene fixated on two churros bobbing in and out of the frame.
Even the film’s much-discussed hotel-room scene shows Tashi manipulating her “little white boys” into a hot and heavy makeout sesh, but she calls it off before anything goes further — leading not to a mid-tournament ménage à trois but to Patrick slapping Art’s boner on his way out of the room with the nonchalance of a doubles player giving his partner a high five after a well-placed lob.
Art and Patrick’s dynamic is proof that our culture seems to find something fascinating about men who suggest they might go both ways. Even the mere sight of Tashi drives Patrick to confide in his best bud, “I’d let her fuck me with a racket.
What do Guadagnino’s predecessors think of this new generation of MFM storytelling? I called up Araki, who hadn’t seen the movie yet, to ask. “I’ve had people tell me, ‘42 Best Sneakers for Women in Every Single Style1:45 p.m.’s Alex Cooper Had a Stunning WeddingA small group of VIPs toured the immersive 54,000-square-foot building, which embodies the brand’s core values of craft, culture, and art.
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