Where Has Lisa Marie Been?

I have been sick since last Wednesday.  Congested, feverish, and muddy-headed, that’s been me.

To put it simply, I do not enjoy being sick.  It requires rest and rest goes against my own hyper nature.  I think I’ve spent more consistent hours asleep in the past four days than I have in the entire year previously.  My good health cannot return soon enough.

Anyway, until my health does return, why not pass the time with a short film that me and my sister Erin put together about two months ago?

Found on Youtube: The Game Changed

Sometimes, Youtube can be a busy blogger’s best friend.

This video, which I came across earlier today on Youtube, is entitled The Game Changed.  It is a 5 minute compilation of film clips from the 1940s and 1950s.  These clips deal with the “role” of women in then-contemporary American society.

Actually, I say then-contemporary but the attitudes that I see in these clips aren’t all that different from the attitudes that I deal with on a daily basis.  Society just uses different words now to say the same thing.  In the end, the meaning of those words — i.e., assume your expected role and don’t you dare try to be anything different — remains the same.

The Trouble With Women

I’m currently working on a review of The Kids Are All Right, which I saw on Friday.  While I work to finish that, let’s consider another film about the role of women in then-contemporary American society.  This one is much shorter than the Kids Are All Right and a lot older.  This film is from the establishment-friendly 1950s and not surprisingly, it’s entitled The Trouble With Women.