Anti-Retromania
FFS, how many times.
The problem isn't a "failure to address" male/female inequalities, it's that they have gone out of their way to equate lifelong spinsterhood with a terribly, sad, lonely existence, in the scene where they show Mary's life without George.
She's only the "stronger" character in the sense of putting up with his shit and making it all better like a comforting mummy, rather than booting him out. It's sexist to make women forever the fixers, the sensible ones, whilst men are the creative dreamers and philosophers.
..and once again, a bit of revisionism in your posts, with the "strong feminist women" making a first appearance.
Bored of Education wrote: Personally, I am not 'looking' specifically for Capra films with stronger roles. IAWL was a fantastic film to watch and the very strong feminist women I was with thought so as well. It was of its time and any film that was being investigated by the FBI for suspected Communist propaganda due to its criticism of bankers possibly had enough issues to address perhaps for one film. Also, as I say, the film ends with Mary solving the problem after George loses it. As far as I an see, it would have been a difficult film to make without Mary being the character that she was.
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The problem isn't a "failure to address" male/female inequalities, it's that they have gone out of their way to equate lifelong spinsterhood with a terribly, sad, lonely existence, in the scene where they show Mary's life without George.
She's only the "stronger" character in the sense of putting up with his shit and making it all better like a comforting mummy, rather than booting him out. It's sexist to make women forever the fixers, the sensible ones, whilst men are the creative dreamers and philosophers.
..and once again, a bit of revisionism in your posts, with the "strong feminist women" making a first appearance.
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