ENGB04H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Vivien Leigh
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The refugees (fatherland: legacy in the vietnam war, how american culture has interpreted war, did not think about impact they had on. Connects american name to hollywood film industry and father"s approval: compared to vivien leigh in gone with the wind: character in middle of civil war from the. South, from pint of view who thinks south was great. Southern belle-full of etiquette, sometimes throws tantrums, sometimes acts helpless, stylized, comes across like she needs men. (182-183)- phuong is hypothesizing to her father that his southern republic being defeated is compared to the doomed south in the film. Vivien mocking father"s dream that america isn"t what he thinks it is. Mother has acritical point of view on vivien"s name, expressing that she moved up in the world and no longer wants to identify with her past. When vivien comes back she embodies the glamorous aspects. Hollywood film culture is how the world sees america, creates a certain image.
