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In this genre, the story, that personal story, is the object on which the argument revolves a non-fictive McGuffin.

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οƒ˜ Alfred Hitchcock, the great mystery and suspense movie director, extensively used a plot device in his films that he referred to as β€œthe McGuffin.” It was usually something like a diamond necklace or a briefcase full of papers, but in actuality, the object itself was of no real importance; what was important was the … Read more

Discuss how does this fit into screwball comedy genre’s dominant ideology of “classlessness” on one hand, or laughing at the exploits of the upper class on the other? Does it further this ideology? Does it contradict it? Does it do both? How? (Material): Watch themovie “Holiday(1938)”

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οƒ˜ (Question): Naremore argues that Hepburn’s social class (upper class, highly educated, daughter of a doctor and suffragette, who was one of the earliest proponents of birth control) “could be used as a weapon against her whenever she appeared too progressive” (174) . How does this fit into screwball comedy genre’s dominant ideology of “classlessness” … Read more