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In the wake of two commercially failed comedies made by Howard Hawks and George Cukor, Katharine Hepburn sought out a project to revive her career. At the same time, Philip Barry, the class-conscious playwright was facing his own career slump. From the beginning, Cukor works to break down the conventions of romantic comedy. He starts the movie with a silent scene. In the end she learns, one does not have to come from the aristocracy to be a “heel”; the middle class has its sh

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie is a comic remake of The Exterminating Angel. In the latter, the bourgeoisie has a dinner that never ends; in the former, they cannot even begin their meal. Rechy indicates while Marilyn Monroe did visit Mexico City during the filming of The Exterminating Angel, the story he shares can be a product of his imagination. Buñuel realized despite Hollywood’s attempt to brand her as a "dumb blonde,” she was intelligent. Buñuel celebrates the m

Penn dismantles the myth of the westerner, who traditionally is a transient figure with no home. The vegetable garden where he tries to develop his roots in the land is an indication of his domestic tendencies. So is the scene where he prepares tea for Jane (Kathleen Loyd). Penn further disrupts classic Western conventions by reversing traditional gender dynamics, presenting Jane as the sexual aggressor. Penn subversively reveals that Clayton’s sinister professionalism is not

In To Be or Not to Be (1942), Ernst Lubitsch revisits one of his recurring themes: the fluid border between role-playing and real life. He satirizes both sides. He demonstrates that the voracious appetite for sex is not exclusive to Germans, and is also shared by characters on the opposite side, Maria (Carole Lombard) and Sobinski (Robert Stack). Colonel Ehrhardt’s pomposity is to cover up his lack of confidence. Tura also has his problem with soliloquy as someone leaves as