In what ways The Apartment supports Petigny’s analysis of the 1950s society as a
In what ways The Apartment supports Petigny’s analysis of the 1950s society as an age of growing permissiveness, or do you see them in conflict? Also, does The Apartment reflect any of the tensions between city life v. suburban one?
The two sources are below:
Book: Alan Petigny, The Permissive Society: America, 1941-1965
Movie: (The Apartment) -Movie Billy Wilder, The Apartment (Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine)
