IN RECOGNITION OF THE DIRECTORS PART 4
In this entry I change things up a bit by discussing three movies rather than only two. All three productions came out in the 1980s and focused on gender, sexuality, and economic inequality. I discuss them in chronological order: Fame (1980) and Flashdance (1983) are both set in contemporary times, while Dirty Dancing (1987) takes place in 1963, two decades earlier. Alan Parker Fame director Alan Parker differed in significant ways from Alek Keshishian and Paul Michael Glaser Part 3). Rather than coming from an economically privileged household, he grew up in a working-class family and attended public school, although Dame Alice Owens is one of the best in England. He also differed from Garry and Penny Marshall (Part 2) because he started out as a copywriter in advertising rather than as an entertainer. He became familiar with directing by making advertisements for television, which was the only media available in Great Britain in the 1960s. In fact, he did not beg...