About: Women in the White Collar Workforce.
There are themes here that resonate with anyone who’s ever worked in a corporate office, but this film is specifically about women in the workplace. In 1980, women were just beginning to make progress in attaining leadership positions. Forty years later, there has been less progress than you might think.
Although they make up the majority of the workforce and are generally over-educated compared to their male counterparts, women continue to lag behind. There are several ways to calculate the numbers, but the number of Fortune 500 companies without male CEOs is around 8%, which is a all-time high.
Here, the struggle of competent women in the workforce is illustrated in a whimsical and savage farce: three female workers (Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin) of Consolidated Companies all struggle to earn the respect that is easily attained by their male colleague. workers, when it is believed that she accidentally poisoned the boss, a sexist, selfish, hypocritical bigot played by Dabney Coleman. Hiding it to cover up the crime, the three end up taking over the business and running things as if they were just relaying orders. The film also deals with how women are often pitted against each other by male bosses. Parton’s related theme album, 9 to 5 and odd jobsincludes several protest songs related to the history of the labor movement.
Where to stream: HBO Max
