Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Watching "His Girl Friday"........

I'm sitting here getting ready to watch the movie "His Girl Friday" and you get the honor of getting my play-by-play commentary! Lucky you!
Black and white, my favorite kind of movies. No joke! I like color, yes, but it just seems as though the black and white films were much more creative.
I'm impressed that being an older film, a woman is the lead, putting her in a respective job postition, rather than the other women who are operators. Everyone so far is very respective of her, like she is high authority.
Ah, I caught her name, Hilde. She works with a man who might be her boyfriend, and her ex-husband who still wants her. Oh, and mister bigshot ex-husband is claiming to have made her into the great reporter that she is now. Typical man, taking credit for a woman's greatness! She's well educated with a mind of her own, he might have been her connection, but I guarantee he didn't "create" her. And here it comes, it finally came out, she's engaged and quitting the paper she's at right now. She wants to feel free, like her own person. She wants to be respected for her, and not be in the shadow of a man.
The fiance is not a journalist, has nothing to do with writing, I was wrong about her working with him. He's in the insurance business.
Hilde's ex-husband is quite jealous, and I can see the plot setting up. I foresee him interfering with this marriage that is to be taking place the coming Saturday.
Well, this well-respected reporter is deciding to quit reporting completely! She thinks she'll feel more like a woman when she's not working. Might be a typical mindset for the time, the housewife.
The three of them are out to lunch right now, discussing the past, present, and future, but I'm keeping an eye on the ex, he's making a plot right now to sabatoge the wedding, trying to convince her to get a story before the wedding.
They have made a deal! She'll do the story and her ex will purchase an insurance policy from the fiance! Much needed money for the soon-to-be-newlyweds, considering they will be living with Bruce's (the fiance) mother until they can afford their own home. Sounds to me like she should keep working!
Seems as though everyone who knows Hilde, thinks very highly of her work, and thinks she's crazy for giving it up. She stopped by the paper to say goodbye and write her final story, and all the men are giving her a hard time about her decision.
Hilde's ex and fiance are in the process of the insurance policy, making things a little difficult! We are stopping the movie here, and will continue it on Friday!

No comments: