Hello everyone, in this episode of Yesterday’s Matinee, Courtney, Eric, Jon and I discuss feminism and capitalism as represented in the 1988 romantic comedy Working Girl, starring Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, and Sigourney Weaver. There’s some good stuff here people. Come and give it a listen.

THERE WILL BE SPOILERS!!!!

Content Warning: The film is rated R due to nudity, sexism, misogyny, sexual situations, and language.

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Music credit: “Days of Blood and Fire” by Illumina A.D. (arr. by Kenny Cappadona)

Haven’t watched Working Girl? It is available on the following streaming platform:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.1eb528b4-cff3-2fa1-df3a-2e7d430b4c26?ref_=imdbref_tt_ov_wbr_ovf__pvt_aiv&tag=imdbtag_tt_ov_wbr_ovf__pvt_aiv-20

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Quote of the week

“You’re going out a youngster, but you’ve got to come back a star!”

~ Julian Marsh, from 42nd Street, book by Michael Stewart & Mark Bramble, music by Harry Warren, Lyrics by Al Dubin