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The issue I had might not be one at all. In the unemployment line there were women. I thought the scene was depicting the unemployment checks being handed out to veterans, I thought women didn't get veterans pay for many years. Or was it just unemployment in general? --Ashley Wilkins | The issue I had might not be one at all. In the unemployment line there were women. I thought the scene was depicting the unemployment checks being handed out to veterans, I thought women didn't get veterans pay for many years. Or was it just unemployment in general? --Ashley Wilkins | ||
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| + | I thought it was interesting that Peggy accuses her parents of never having had troubles. Considering the time that the movie takes place, the Great Depression was not that long ago, and most likely put at least a little strain on many marriages. Somehow the idea of a traditional wedding and a fancy honeymoon equals a good marriage, and I think this is an example of social myths we are still trying to get away from. --Amanda Russell | ||
== 2 Film's relationship to current scholarship or to primary sources from the time == | == 2 Film's relationship to current scholarship or to primary sources from the time == | ||
