tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post937305136873766915..comments2024-03-27T14:20:05.905-04:00Comments on Montclair SocioBlog: “Blue Jasmine” – Social Class Made SimpleJay Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-47027204687080083862013-08-05T22:34:10.556-04:002013-08-05T22:34:10.556-04:00I saw the movie and thought,
"Boy... Woody ...I saw the movie and thought, <br /><br />"Boy... Woody Allen doesn't really do the working class very well." <br /><br />For starters, the working class sisters rent would probably be well over $2,000/month on Van Ness and her job in grocery store probably pays the exact same!<br /><br />I know he's not the first director to show people in nicer homes than they can afford, but this movie was about class and economic differences. So it's strange to be so clueless about how low-wage earners actually live. <br /><br />I suspect he does a better job in his portrayal of the wealthy.<br />PCMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13647097472236933108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-69792953487241412362013-08-04T23:16:47.925-04:002013-08-04T23:16:47.925-04:00Your statement that "Working-class characters...<br />Your statement that "Working-class characters have to speak as though it’s Brooklyn" is confirmed by Joseph Dorinson, a history professor at Long Island University who asserts that "Brooklyn remains the home of the proletariat." <br /><br />Source: Cylde Haberman , NY Times "Not Poifect, Dem Movies of Brooklyn"(10/31/03) <br /><br />arniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04151178704652360756noreply@blogger.com