Working girl, a film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Kevin wade, depicts a young women’s transformation from the lower class in a modern society where there are distinct class divisions. This film is set in the 1980’s and provides an accurate depiction of societies inequitable distribution of wealth. This imbalance of wealth influences the character’s behavior. Jack Trainer and Jess Mcgill, the protagonists of the film, start a fairy tale romance that is enhanced by Tess’s acuteness. Trying to impersonate the bourgeoisie, Tess starts to live a double life that eventually leads to her makeover. Tess is a proletariat and she learns that if she wants to flourish in the business sector that she must talk, dress and act like a bourgeoisie. This film portrays strong signals of who the powerless and powerful are, how the powerless can become powerful and is a positive example of fair redistribution of wealth.
The beginning of this film there is a view of the Manhattan skyline with the song “Let the
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Working Girl reveals some of the many flaws a capitalistic nation encompasses specifically pertaining to a repressive class structure. The film uncovers how critical society is of social classes are, explicitly a lower-class woman in 1980’s Manhattan. Tess started from the bottom with neither connection or money. Her superior, Kathryne, was born with them and could excel easily through higher education and the business world to become a chief executive officer of a corporation. This film also reveals how sexism also affected a lower-class woman in the 1980’s as her then boyfriend Mick showed displeasure towards her actions and was unenthused with anything she had to say. Tess could salvage herself from proletariat status through conniving actions. This type of finesse seems to be the only way in the modern era to rise from the ashes of the underprivileged so that they may make something out of themselves and scheme to make their own version of the American