Saturday, September 24, 2016
arsenic and old lace
While watching this film I noticed a familiar theme with Bringing up Baby. Both films, make fun of authority figures. In BUB we see how police officers are portrayed as absurd idiots. We also see this in Arsenic and Old Lace. The police officers are utterly aloof to the crimes that are being committed right in front of them. It is interesting to note that these movies were products of the years following prohibition. Perhaps the critiques found in this movie were aimed at the authority figures of the prohibition age as they too were unable to stop people from breaking the law no matter how obvious they were.
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I completely agree with you!! I felt as if both films maybe was mocking the police force in the specific era. Maybe it's possible that many people felt as if police officers weren't really doing their jobs and honestly had many other motives other than protecting. I find it intriguing that they were considered to be airheads. I find it funny because many people probably still feel this way presently.
ReplyDeleteoh for sure! and i mean in present time the police force isin't just dealing with being pegged as airheads, they're dealing with far more serious matters- racism and unnecessary brutality.
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