Gold Diggers Analysis

In all of the couples getting married by the end of the picture it becomes a clear attempt to unite the classes, suggesting similarities and common goals between the classes for men and women where we can see a clear shift in social structure. Jane Feuer uses the term ‘myth of integration’ to refer to the way that, as musical numbers become integrated into the film we are given the sense that, “all successful performances, both in art and in life, are condensed into the MGM musical” (Feuer, p. 443). This is also achieved in relation to class issues in Gold Diggers of 1933 as high society, represented through the upper-class characters, is shown at first to be separate from popular society, yet by the end of the film becomes integrated into that society. This integration occurs when each of the upper-class men marries one of the showgirls. The integration of high society at a general level can be seen, perhaps in a half-mocking tone, in the …show more content…
Peabody (Guy Kibbee) can symbolically serve as suggesting on some level that the working classes have a right to economic help from the upper classes. As this is the first time Mr. Peabody has been in love, we are shown that this could be as much a benefit for the upper classes –to engage with ‘real’ love/life– rather than just with cold economics. As such Gold Diggers of 1933 differs from The Immigrant in that while both recognise that a class-divide exists, The Immigrant emphasises this divide, sides with the working classes, and essentially rejects the need for money from the upper classes. Gold Diggers of 1933 on the other hand makes itself appear not to be taking sides, suggesting that the class divide is not as great as it appears and also suggesting a connection between the classes to include the upper classes in its own collectivism. The intention is to convince members of both classes that the upper classes are obligated to help the lower classes out of the Great