Some Like it Hot deliberately ignored the film regulations of the time, and told the unruly tale of two men who dress as women and join a traveling girls band to escape the mafia. In the process, the two men learn much about what it was like to be female, subverting the expectations of gender identity of the 1950’s. The film draws much of its humor through the entertaining juxtaposition of the male and female genders. The large and masculine frames of the two adult men in dresses are matched and compared with the iconic Marilyn Monroe, whose character is interestingly and fittingly named “Sugar.” Being arguably the largest sex symbol in the 1950’s, Monroe’s presence alone indicated the underlying sexual and gender-based commentary. However,
