There is no terror in their eyes, or in their voices. The conflicts are buttoned up, the dialogue is period, and the characters grin through the turmoil they are facing because it almost seems as though they know everything will be okay as well. It is a painting of a time that never seemingly existed. I have had the conversations that exist in this play in real life, and I found that to be the most entertaining of all, but at no point is the audience ever afraid for the groom or the bride. I enjoy films like this, but I also recognize that they are a blatant statement that flies int he face of the duality of humanity - the iconography of what we expect was the good ol' days (the Rockwellian America) and the binary opposite of reality. It was a classic black-and-white film, and it remains one of the most recognizable eras in history for our country. It is a definitive proclamation of the Hollywood Atomic Family - the image, reputation, and canonization of what we consider to be the Rockwellian 'good ol days.' It is squeaky clean, and handles the concepts of marriage, expectation, commitment, and the purposes of all of these elements of the classicism associated with modern American life as a historical document to which we cling in the identity of our culture. It is a definitive proclamation of the Hollywood Atomic Family - the image, reputation, and canonization of what we consider to be the Rockwellian 'good ol days.' It is squeaky clean, and handles the concepts of marriage, expectation, commitment, and the purposes of all of these elements of the classicism associated with modern American life as a historical document to which we cling in the identity of our c This is an adorable play - a play that remains in the mythos of post-WWII American life.
This is an adorable play - a play that remains in the mythos of post-WWII American life. The guest list grows larger each day, a caterer is called in, florists, furniture movers and dressmakers take over, and the Banks household is soon caught in turmoil.more Buckley and Kay don't want a "big" wedding just a simple affair with a few friends! We soon learn, however, that the "few" friends idea is out. Banks realizes that the engagement is serious. The groom-to-be, Buckley Dunstan, appears on the scene and Mr. Daughter Kay announces the engagement out of nowhere. Banks learns that one of the young men he has seen occasionally about the house is about to become his son-in-law.
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