1. For paying customers only, but this @lionel_trolling post raises one of my pet theories, that Preston Sturges was a conflicted Keynesian.https://johnganz.substack.com/p/reading-watching-0314 …
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7. The conventions of romantic comedy -- where the main couples are often economically mismatched as in Lady Eve and Palm Beach Story -- are particularly useful for exploring mixed feelings about sharing the wealth.
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8. In his bones, Sturges knew that society could be re-organized to be more productive, equitable, and happy. But he also knew that meant the rentier world of his father would have to be reined in. Hence the productive tension & sweet melancholy of his work.
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9. More broadly, a lot of screwball romances of the comedy of remarriage sort are about reordering society. What's wrong with this relationship/marriage is what is wrong with the world.https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/327103442894065666 …
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