The 'DWB Movie' is Back - and All Women Should Avoid Them

By: Gregory P. Kane

It’s baaacckk!

What’s back -- if indeed it ever left -- is that genre of movie call the “DWB film.” No, it’s not Driving While Black. Not in this case.

This particular “DWB” has a different meaning. The D stands for deranged. The W stands for white. The B stands for the dreaded B word that usually causes controversy.

You know the word I’m talking about. The one that’s a synonym for a female dog. Yeah, THAT B-word.

Well, the DWB movie is back, and has been raking in box-office bucks for the last few weeks. Indeed, “Obsessed” was number one at the box office before the summer blockbuster “Star Trek” hit the screen. But the latest entry in the DWB genre is still hanging in there.

I’m old enough to remember when this foolishness started. It was a well-done and seemingly innocuous 1971 film called “Play Misty for Me.” It starred Clint Eastwood, also in his directorial debut, as a disc jockey who has an obsessed -- see where the title of the latest DWB flick comes from? -- female fan who constantly calls him up to say “Play 'Misty' for me.” The Eastwood character has a brief affair with the fan, leading to disastrous and predictable consequences.

The 'DWB Movie' is Back - and All Women Should Avoid Them....