billy wilder was pushing the limits of the code.ympathy is really with the decadent characters. (tango music playing) ole! he got away with that because his movies were so much fun. (susan seidelman) they worked on two different levels: you could laugh at all the characters' misadventures, for ten years i've been living with a saxophone player! (susan seidelman) but when you really thought about what the ending said, it really was very bold. i can never have children! we can adopt some. you don't understand, osgood! i'm a man. well... nobody's perfect. "nobody's perfect" is the greatest gay joke in the american cinema. it's funny because it's true. what we see in this film is that nobody is purely male, nobody is purely female; these ideals don't work. nobody's perfect, nobody's like that. what is this strange animal thing you have? it bothers me. it's bothered me since the first time i saw you. and it'll bother me always. from here to eternity. you must fight it, elaine. you must be strong. you must remember i belong to another. ri