the groundhog day project

"Everyone takes, everyone gives. Life is like that." - Siddhartha (p. 52) Davies (1995) tells us, "Through its small-town setting and its manipulation of time, [ Groundhog Day ] keeps the most discussed ills of nineties America (gang war in California, sex and violence in the movies) at a distance" (p. 226). In fact, those more serious topics don't even make it out of the opening scene, and the first one is just part of Phil's humorous weather report: Out in California, they’re gonna have some warm weather tomorrow… gang wars and some very overpriced real estate. Up in the Pacific Northwest, as you can see, they’re gonna have some very, very tall trees. It will be clear across the Rockies and the Great Plains, mostly. Sex and violence in the movies--that's a topic that has been with us as long as movies have been, and will still be until we turn as hedonistic as the latter days of the Roman Empire. Actually, then we'll probably still talk abo...

sex·ism \ˈsek-ˌsi-zəm\ noun : unfair treatment of people because of their sex ; especially : unfair treatment of women Full Definition 1 : prejudice or discrimination based on sex; especially : discrimination against women 2 : behavior, conditions, or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based on sex sex·ist \ˈsek-sist\ adjective or noun Origin: sex + - ism (as in racism). First use: 1968 mi·sog·y·ny \mə-ˈsä-jə-nē\ noun : a hatred of women miso·gy·nic \ˌmi-sə-ˈji-nik, -ˈgī-\ adjective mi·sog·y·nist \mə-ˈsä-jə-nist\ noun or adjective mi·sog·y·nis·tic \mə-ˌsä-jə-ˈnis-tik\ adjective Origin: Greek misogynia , from misein to hate + gynē woman. First use: circa 1656 Today, a simple listen. I want to find the lines (and situations) in the film that imply one of the above, sexism or misogyny. An obvious one to start: Phil's calling Nan "Hairdo"--i.e. identifying her by a physical attribute that generally indicates gender. Reducing her synecdo...