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Amanda makes a great point. I know the movie is already long but I am disappointed in the lack of mention to minorities and women's wartime roles. I noticed after I took Dr. M's Women's history class that the film was a great, informative drama that depicted its time but re-enforces the propaganda of the time telling women where their place was. Even women who weren't married lost their jobs in factories or other positions when soldiers came home. I love the adorably innocent Theresa Wright in every film she is in, but Peggy lacks some dimension- Wilma has already got the role of selfless sweet, girl-next-door. Peggy tries to split up a marriage but I thought her character could have gone farther in pushing the norms of female roles, making them more realistic (or how about just more progressive)!--Jackie Reed | Amanda makes a great point. I know the movie is already long but I am disappointed in the lack of mention to minorities and women's wartime roles. I noticed after I took Dr. M's Women's history class that the film was a great, informative drama that depicted its time but re-enforces the propaganda of the time telling women where their place was. Even women who weren't married lost their jobs in factories or other positions when soldiers came home. I love the adorably innocent Theresa Wright in every film she is in, but Peggy lacks some dimension- Wilma has already got the role of selfless sweet, girl-next-door. Peggy tries to split up a marriage but I thought her character could have gone farther in pushing the norms of female roles, making them more realistic (or how about just more progressive)!--Jackie Reed | ||
| − | War time savings put a lot of soldiers at an advantage, or at least helped make their transition home a lot easier. Fred mentions he saved 1000 or received it from the treasury somehow. That seems like a lot of money in an economy | + | War time savings put a lot of soldiers at an advantage, or at least helped make their transition home a lot easier. Fred mentions he saved 1000 or received it from the treasury somehow. That seems like a lot of money in an economy where groceries might have been a few cents and the most expensive of perfumes were a few bucks. How did he go through all that money so fast?--Especially since the time span of the movie looks to only be a few months if that.--James Drury |
== 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 == | ||
