Look at all these furs!!!
I'm watching this movie right now and seeing all the furs the women are wearing. Hope PETA doesn't see this!!!!!!
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No doubt. I did see about 2% gave this movie a "One" rating, but IMO even if I hated this enough to give it such a low score, it would be worth at least a two just for the cars, the top hats, the clothes and etc.
"A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five."
Not a lot of women wore furs in those Depression years and they were a sign of stylish wealth. The studios used the furs over and over again in several movies so they got their money's worth. No stigma was attached to furs in those days, when most people were more concerned about lack of work and, if they did have jobs, they worked six days a week. Movies were a cheap escape from reality.
shareNo, nobody in the mainstream was concerned about furs in those days, they were envious. Because furs weren't just a status symbol that was thought to look really nice, a fur coat was really the only way to stay warm in winter through much of the country. Modern puffy coats and fleeces didn't exist, in those days you either wore heavy wool, or you wore fur, and fur was warmer.
Still, wearing heavy furs under the hot movie studio lights must have been a special kind of hell, not entirely undeserved.
It was totally different back then you can't judge it by today's standards.
shareYes, because if PETA sees it, they'll get in their time machine, go back to 1936, and picket MGM.
Unless you don't have any leather shoes, belts, wallets, purses, etc., and you are a vegan, it's kind of silly to criticize furs in an eighty-year-old movie.