Maria.LenaWilson

: What other aspects of battle of the sexes do you see indicated in this clip or in the film Top Hat? This is one of my favorite movies, thanks to my Grandmother. I never thought of this number as a battle of the sexes. I just though of it as a “game” set to music. They both look like they are having fun while tapping. I still love it! How does this film distinguish itself from other Depression era musicals we have watched or discussed this week? To me, this move is what dreams are made of, everything and everybody is beautiful. The setting is so glamorous, with all the Art Deco touches... and let’s not forget bout Ginger’s dresses. This movie thanks on a new level of sophistication. Even now it can make me happy to watch. What possible reasons might there be for the changes in roles between men and women depicted in these screwball comedy musicals that distinguish themselves from earlier musicals in the 1930s? The screwball comedies gave women a bigger roll in the movie. They went from being a pretty face, to a pretty face with a voice and story to tell. They became an equal with the males in the movies.

This movie make everything seem so “light and fluffy”. How the characters dresses and talked, are so beautiful. It probably made the audience forget about the depression. If this was made before the “code”, I think we would have seen the details of Zigfield life that were skimmed over. He had a dark side that is glossed over.