The attention to fashion, the tasteful appliance of ornament in each portion of her dress, were quite in place with her.

Examples include: Bob Hope providing a queered alternative to World War II mythologies of maleness (something already addressed by Steven Cohan); Ierry Lewis's manic “femininity” as a reaction to 1950 sexual conservatism (as explored by Frank Krutnik); John Belushi embracing the runaway consumption of 1970 maleness; Bill Murray displaying the evolving cynicism of disillusioned baby boomers; Adam Sandler depicting a childish rage as a rejection of boomerism; and Ferrell often performing lampoons of previous generations of machismo.

In the same melodrama, Madame Rotschild, a supporting character plays a similar role by auntying all children as a rich and powerful woman who can solve most problems in children's own homes.

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