50 Dollars for the Powder Room: Adapting Sexual Content in Breakfast At Tiffany's for the Silver Screen

Location

Ostrander

Start Date

13-4-2004 12:45 PM

End Date

13-4-2004 2:30 PM

Student's Major

Theatre and Dance

Student's College

Arts and Humanities

Mentor's Name

Kim Surkan

Mentor's Department

Gender and Women's Studies

Mentor's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Description

This paper was an examination of the societal impact on the content of sexuality depicted in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's, in comparison with the Truman Capote novella of the same title. This study's evaluation of the Hollywood Production Code in 1961 helps to better explain the societal repression of sexual content, prevalent in the book, and in the film adaptation. Further, this examined the character Holly and the societal views that forced a change in the elements that defined her character throughout the novella. Comparing the sexuality of the character Paul with that of Holly exposed reactions to the sexuality of women and gay men—thus giving a perspective of what was acceptable for women and their sexuality in both film and literature in American society during 1961.

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50 Dollars for the Powder Room: Adapting Sexual Content in Breakfast At Tiffany's for the Silver Screen

Ostrander

This paper was an examination of the societal impact on the content of sexuality depicted in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's, in comparison with the Truman Capote novella of the same title. This study's evaluation of the Hollywood Production Code in 1961 helps to better explain the societal repression of sexual content, prevalent in the book, and in the film adaptation. Further, this examined the character Holly and the societal views that forced a change in the elements that defined her character throughout the novella. Comparing the sexuality of the character Paul with that of Holly exposed reactions to the sexuality of women and gay men—thus giving a perspective of what was acceptable for women and their sexuality in both film and literature in American society during 1961.