His Girl Friday

Twentieth century film director Howard Hawks built his screwball comedies on similar ideas with radical twists. According to Hawk, in order for a person to be successfully happy, he or she should become someone else; this is the way to find one’s true self. In His Girl Friday,…

“Reversing Divorce: The Symptomatic Meaning of His Girl Friday and the Affects of Careers and Relationships on Feminine Values in 1940” At the dawn of 1940's, war was brewing Europe, women were entering the workplace and the United States was starting to emerge from the depression and embrace the New Deal. All these things influenced Hollywood which manufactured hundreds of films a year. People went to the movies roughly 32 times a year. Roughly the same rate that young Americans now "Netflix…

As a young girl, I spent the vast majority of my time sequestered in my room with my dolls. They helped me to escape my reality. They listened to me without judgement and gave voice to the conversations that I desperately wanted to have but could not. I remember vividly wanting a Barbie that had brown hair and green eyes. I wanted a doll that represented me, one that looked like me or at least seemed like the person I wanted to grow up to be. I don’t remember my age when I saw my first…

There are some fundamental messages that all of the romantic comedies movies convey their audience. It is not necessary for this genre to have a happy conclusion all the time. However, the messages of the romantic comedy are usually positive, and relatable with its audience. The most common aspect of the romantic comedy movies named His Girl Friday and Adam’s Rib is the struggle in the love life of both couples. It is evident that both of the couples once lived happily but now due to the…

Most movies are structured for the male audience’s pleasure, “His Girl Friday” is no exception to that. Directed by Howard Hawks, “His Girl Friday” is a 1940’s screwball comedy that is full of wit and most describe as ahead of it’s time. On the surface, the movie seems like a great start of the commentary of role-reversal or being a working female of the time. However, upon deeper inspection that isn’t the case. “His Girl Friday”, though progressive for the time with the main female lead being…

County Clinic were baffled as they had no diagnosis for his symptoms. We were also baffled as a family, but we finally decided to seek doctors with a great sophistication, would hopefully provide us more details as to Tarryn’s condition. On the morning of November 21, 2002 Tarryn was trying to cope with his condition. After watching his struggles, my mom, Kandi, finally decided to take him to a pediatric facility in Garden City, Kansas. Once they reached the Garden City Medical Clinic they…

Black Friday, a time of the year when everything is on sale and almost everyone is in mood of shopping. It is the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States. During Black Friday, the retail stores come up with many giant sales promotions and door-buster sales events. For most of the people the main attractions on Black Friday are the discounts on electronic goods and appliances. Other than that, people buy almost everything just because it’s Black Friday. They think that if it is…

Have you ever noticed how in the stores you will see a plethora of Halloween costumes, decorations and the like but immediately following Halloween, you see Christmas themed decorations all over and very little to commemorate Thanksgiving? The most I've seen have had leaves and maybe a cornucopia and really only enough scattered throughout the store to fill a half to one whole aisle. It seems that our national holiday is only truly named and observed within "leaked" black friday ads, alerting…

I decided to take my norm to a busier location and started testing it at the mall. The mall I choose to attend is much busier than the grocery store as I went on a Friday. There were many groups of people. I began to walk and say hello to different age groups as I would stumble upon as I walked throughout the mall. Majority of the groups I said hi to just smile and said hello, I rarely had people say nothing at all and just walk by me. There was a situation where I said hello to a group of about…

in reality, Catholic school girls are the must judgmental beings to walk this planet. Whether, Stacy danced with more than one guy at homecoming or she lives on the other side of West End, they will find a reason to judge. Similarly, the characters in Jane Austin’s 1979 novel, Pride and Prejudice, judge each other’s every trait. Catholic School girls should be required to read Pride and Prejudice to give them enlightenment about their overcritical ways. For example, throughout the course of the…