1.Do you agree that the clip exhibits a brighter perspective of life than might be realistic? Why or why not?
This clip shows happiness and gay people. But in reality people were still going through hardships from the Depression that hit America. People did not have much money to go see play and shows. The economy was very bad and people struggle still during this time frame yet the clip didn’t show any of that.
2.What themes or approaches might you anticipate from this clip in other Depression era musicals? I think in most movies in the Depression era tried to make the audience forget about how bad real life was even if it was for just a little while. Tried to make it happy and fun.
3.Since this is a musical that was made after the motion picture code was enforced, how might you imagine it might have been filmed or scripted differently if it had been pre-code? Give specific examples. This movie might not have been as happy and gay liked it showed. Maybe it would of shown some darkness to it. It would have shown some different sides to some of the characters. Maybe some of the characters would have been dressed differently in the audience.
DAILY DOSE OF DELIGHT #1 (From The Great Ziegfeld)
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1. Do you agree that the clip exhibits a brighter perspective of life than might be realistic? Why or why not?
This clip shows happiness and gay people. But in reality people were still going through hardships from the Depression that hit America. People did not have much money to go see play and shows. The economy was very bad and people struggle still during this time frame yet the clip didn’t show any of that.
2. What themes or approaches might you anticipate from this clip in other Depression era musicals? I think in most movies in the Depression era tried to make the audience forget about how bad real life was even if it was for just a little while. Tried to make it happy and fun.
3. Since this is a musical that was made after the motion picture code was enforced, how might you imagine it might have been filmed or scripted differently if it had been pre-code? Give specific examples. This movie might not have been as happy and gay liked it showed. Maybe it would of shown some darkness to it. It would have shown some different sides to some of the characters. Maybe some of the characters would have been dressed differently in the audience.