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I also found the scene where Mrs. Thompson stands up to her husband very compelling. She had the benefit of a college education but of course, as a woman of the era, didn't put it to use, and if she did all she could do was secretary work. The very suggestion of this to her husband though was extremely undermining to his role as the man of the house in the 1950s. The performance of it too, however, was wonderful. She mixed him a drink like a good little wife to show that she was willing to keep the norm to some extent, but she also did it to calm him before hand. Her nervousness at standing up to her husband like this, and of course in fear of causing a rift as it did, and her nerves showed. Likewise, Odessa displays two very contrasting personalities. At work and when confronted by a-hole cops, she is quiet and submissive, but at home she has as much word in her house as her husband, if not more. It is hard to watch her have to swallow her pride each day in order to keep her job or keep out of trouble. This was an excellent way to subtly express the urgent desire of southern blacks to change their world into one where they could live without fear in their public lives. --Jackie Reed | I also found the scene where Mrs. Thompson stands up to her husband very compelling. She had the benefit of a college education but of course, as a woman of the era, didn't put it to use, and if she did all she could do was secretary work. The very suggestion of this to her husband though was extremely undermining to his role as the man of the house in the 1950s. The performance of it too, however, was wonderful. She mixed him a drink like a good little wife to show that she was willing to keep the norm to some extent, but she also did it to calm him before hand. Her nervousness at standing up to her husband like this, and of course in fear of causing a rift as it did, and her nerves showed. Likewise, Odessa displays two very contrasting personalities. At work and when confronted by a-hole cops, she is quiet and submissive, but at home she has as much word in her house as her husband, if not more. It is hard to watch her have to swallow her pride each day in order to keep her job or keep out of trouble. This was an excellent way to subtly express the urgent desire of southern blacks to change their world into one where they could live without fear in their public lives. --Jackie Reed | ||
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| + | The Long Walk Home provides great insight into Montgomery’s 1955 bus boycotts. The Thompsons provide a white middle class as a medium to show how many people had different ideas regarding African American protests. Miriam finds it in her heard to help with the protests, while on the other hand, her husband decides to work against them by joining a white supremacist group. The movie does a good job at showing how women were at the forefront of the boycott movement.-James Drury | ||
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