Gold Diggers

Gold Diggers were a film that took place when the Great Depression that really hit hard on the United States. This film was based on a group of young girls that worked in musical theaters. It illustrated numerous issues during the depression; the two most important ones were gender and class. As we all know it was a hard time for women to work in public, especially as show girls. Some people treated them as mistresses as people with no dignity, and portrayed them as gold diggers whom only cared about money.

The Depression was a direct result of an imbalance distribution of wealth, as the poor get poorer, the rich get richer. It created a huge gap between the two ends, so was class levels. The rich could enjoy everything that the world could offer, while the poor were struggling to even get a job. The rich certainly thought they were far superior, and the poor were just to get their money in any possible way they could. Sadly, the showgirls belonged in the category as poor; they even had to steal milk from their neighbor to fill up their stomach.

Barney, the producer of the musicals put together a show that’s solely based on the Depression. It demonstrated the pain that many Americans had, how they had to struggle through their day to day life. They would march in the rain till they find a job. It showed us the desperate mode that many Americans were in; it also showed their willingness to go through obstacles to find a job.

My favorite part of this movie was when Brad’ big brother, Lawrence, who opposed the idea of Polly marrying Brad. Somehow fell in love another showgirl Carol. It tells us that even though there were class divisions, there were tensions between the poor and the rich. But both classes could live under the same roof if they are willing to put differences aside.