Component 1 section A Hollywood 1930-1990 Part B (wilder, 1959)
Some like it hot Introduction - the social norms and values of the days dictated the films genre and tone - The comedic aspects are built around the theme identity, disguise and cross dressing had to use humor as a Vehicle for the more progressive, taboo and contreversial themes at the center (hays code) - One device in this vein is to situate the plot and events back to the 1920s. so it is set in 1929 aalthough produced in 1959 - paradoxically, the films historical context is the chaos and uncertianty of the wall street crash whilst films production context in 1959 marks a new departure for the US in terms of social and cultural life nobody perfect scene Representation - in many ways a head on challenge to notions of conventional gender representations - BUT: within comedic space - inuendo - Gerald as daphne - a disguise which enables Gerald to literally step into women's shoes and to experience what it is like being a women in a world privileging men - Complexity and