Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Over The Counter (1932)SOME REAL NONSENSE FROM 1932...........women are traduced from corseted repression to willing metaphoric exploitation........First 'Lady', Eleanor Roosevelt, a few years later, would provide some hope and respite to women, emerging from their man-made cocoons, in heels and lipstick, alas......still, but fodder for Hollywood's exploitative chauvinistic sexism, as men sought both 'respectable' Wives and flapper fantasy broads......one, by contract.....the other, 'over the counter'.......

OVER THE COUNTER gets my 'tackiest costume' award for 1932, incidentally...

No comments: