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* BrokenBase: Very much still, especially in the post #me-too era. Some see it as a necessary if {{Anvilicious}} statement regarding the double standard of [[AManIsAlwaysEager sexual consent]] and that women in positions of power are just as capable of abusing their authority like their male counterparts, others thought it came across as particularly tone-deaf at a time when sexual harassment was just starting to get national attention and the vast majority of cases were brought up by women against their male co-workers (as is the case to this day)[[note]]In the book's defense, Crichton's afterword specifically notes this[[/note]].

** In the book, Tom suspects that Susan would object to moving to Austin not because of simple distaste, but because she already has a successful law practice in Seattle that took years to build--and because she would immediately be suspicious if he suggested moving anywhere. Although he does suggest they wouldn't much care for the Texas weather.

* {{Narm}}: "She's in the system!" As cried by Creator/MichaelDouglas' character. It's the complete MoodWhiplash of what was a cliched yet taut thriller into some odd sci-fi anti-feminist tract that does it.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Sexual harassment isn't any more fun for men than it is for women, no matter how attractive the woman harassing them is.
** Besides everything Crichton has to say about sexual harassment and gender dynamics, the book contains another message at the heart of the story:
-->For years, Sanders had fought the B-school mentality that [Meredith] exemplified. After watching these graduates come and go, Sanders had finally concluded that there was a fundamental flaw in their education. They had been trained to believe that they were equipped to manage anything. But there was no such thing as general managerial skills and tools. In the end, there were only specific problems, involving specific industries and specific workers. To apply general tools to specific problems was to fail. You needed to know the market, you needed to know the customers, you needed to know the limits of manufacturing and the limits of your own creative people.... time and again, Sanders had been shown a prototype and had asked the one significant question: It looks fine, but can you make it on a production line? Can you build it, reliably and quickly, for a price? Sometimes they could, and sometimes they couldn't. If you took away that question, you changed the entire organization. And not for the better.

** In the book, Tom suspects that Susan would object to moving to Austin not because of simple distaste, but because she already has a successful law practice in Seattle that took years to build--and because she would immediately be suspicious if he suggested moving anywhere.

* CantUnhearIt: Creator/DennisMiller, who plays Mark Lewyn in the film, is pretty easy to recognize in the book thanks to Creator/MichaelCrichton writing with him in mind.
* HilariousInHindsight: Tom's wife is horrified about the notion of having to move to Austin. TEXAS!!! Now of course Austin is considered one of the most progressive and cool cities in the world. It's also a major technology center.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The technology seen in the story would have been very cool at the time, but it's hilariously dated to modern viewers. Let's just say that nobody's using a portable CD-ROM player to read books on the bus...

* BrokenBase: Very much still, especially in the post #me-too era. Some see it as a necessary if {{Anvilicious}} statement regarding the double standard of [[AManIsAlwaysEager sexual consent]] and that women in positions of power are just as capable of abusing their authority like their male counterparts, others thought it came across as particulary tone-deaf at a time when sexual harassment was just starting to get national attention and the vast majority of cases were brought up by women against their male co-workers (as is the case to this day).

* ActorInspiredElement: Dennis Miller, who plays Mark Lewyn in the film, is pretty easy to recognize in the book thanks to Crichton writing with him in mind.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:Meredith was determined to cut costs across the supply chain in order to make the company look better to its buyers. Unfortunately, any cost savings resulting from those cuts have been quickly wiped out by ensuing production delays. Her desperation to hide her responsibility for this informs her central motivation throughout the story.]]

* ValuesResonance: The double standard regarding female-on-male harassment and the difficulties regarding the topic of sexual harassment as a whole continue to be relevant to this day.

* UnfortunateImplications: Often accused of this. While the male rape double standard is worthy of examination, in context this was back when sexual harassment in the workplace was just getting media attention, and 90 percent of the time it was the male bosses taking advantage of their female employees, not the other way around. This makes the movie, and especially the novel, sound like it's vilifying sexually aggressive single women as potential rapists who sleep their way to the top, while the nonthreatening women who aren't sexual and have families all help the hero.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Seattle! Sexual Harassment! CD Roms! EMAIL!!! Wow the 90's were really something!

** In the book, Tom suspects that Susan would object to moving to Austin not because of simple distaste, but because she already has a successful law practice in Seattle that took years to build.

* Values Resonance: The double standard regarding female-on-male harassment and the difficulties regarding the topic of sexual harassment as a whole continue to be relevant to this day.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Seattle! Sexual Harassment! CD Roms! EMAIL!!! Wow the 90's were really something!

* Hilarious in Hindsight: Tom's wife is horrified about the notion of having to move to Austin. TEXAS!!! Now of course Austin is considered one of the most progressive and cool cities in the world. It's also a major technology center.

* Unintentional Period Piece: Seattle! Sexual Harassment! CD Roms! EMAIL!!! Wow the 90's were really something!

* {{Narm}}: "She's in the system!" As cried by Creator/MichaelDouglas' character. It's the complete MoodWhiplash of what was a cliched yet taut thriller into some odd sci-fi anti-feminist tract that does it.

* {{Narm}}: "She's in the system!" As cried by Michael Douglas's character. It's the complete MoodWhiplash of what was a cliched yet taut thriller into some odd sci-fi anti-feminist tract that does it.

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