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The Draughtsman's Contract 1982
at first glance this is a lot of really well executed aristocratic shade throwing within the confines of the attitudes and rituals of the class, and quite a lot of it is honestly very funny. there's a lot of simmering resentment between everybody that is just constantly just below a boiling point, obvious to anybody observing the interactions but not allowed to boil over in preservation of the flimsy facade. But the more that I sat with this, all of…
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Belle de Jour 1967
Bourgeois polite society imposes upon itself series of rules that are tasked with being able to create social etiquette that its members can use to determine status amongst themselves, and more importantly create the illusion of a cultural difference between them and those who are not within their class. As it is often unspoken guidelines that people are simply expected to know or be punished for breaking, it can create friction with such rigidity as people are forced to adhere…
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