Dick van dyke show season 1 episode 1

The Dick Van Dyke Show: Season 1, episode 3, film homework help
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Humanities

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I've attached some background information as well as the transcripts to The Dick Van Dyke Show: Season 1, episode 3 called "My Blonde-Haired Brunette". Episode can also be found on YouTube, etc. Please answer the below question in no less than 250 words.
The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 1, Episode 3: "My Blonde-Haired Brunette" For some modern viewers, this early episode is fascinating; for others, it is excruciatingly painful. First, note the twin beds, along with Rob’s and Laura's sleepwear, which is almost Victorian in its coverage. (How did Richie ever come into the world?) Second, notice the use of the voiceover to tell us what Laura is thinking. Her thoughts had to have been important; otherwise, this antinaturalistic device would not have been employed. Third, notice the theme and the plot. Laura believes that Rob is growing tired of her, that she is growing old and losing her looks. (She is overanalyzing an unrelated group of minor details and comments.) She becomes frantic, and the only conclusion that the viewer can reach is that Laura believes that her only selling points are her youth and looks. Rob saves the day by letting her know that he loves her for more than just her appearance. This seems nice—until we realize that he has the power to approve—an ability that is part of a concept called paternalism, the traditional authority that men hold over women. The Dick Van Dyke Show “My Blonde Haired Brunette” Transcript Laura: Good Morning, darling. Come on, rise and shine. It’s a beautiful day out. The sun is shining, come on honey, let’s get an early start. Rob? Honey? Hey Rob: Don’t do that. Laura: Don’t do that? He used to love me to do that. My Prince Charming, promised to slay dragons for me, won’t even get up to have breakfast with me on his day off. Well, I guess it’s natural for a husband to behave this way after so many years of marriage. But I still feel like eating breakfast with him. I wonder if he’s getting tired of me. I never noticed these lines before. Maybe he has. Oh I’m just being silly. We’re not married that long. Rob? Are you asleep? Rob: uh Laura: Want to have breakfast with me? Rob: What time is it? Laura: Well, it’s after nine. Rob: How much after? Laura: A minute. Rob, don’t you want to have breakfast with me? Rob: Oh do I have too? Laura: No you don’t have to if you’d rather just lie there. Rob: Ah, yeah I would. Laura: Well, I guess I’ll just have to have breakfast alone again. Rob: Well, wait for me honey, I’ll eat with ya. Laura: When? In two hours? Rob if I wait till eleven I’ll faint. Rob: Good idea. Laura: All right! Rob: Honey… Would you pull the curtain? The lights in my eyes. Laura: Rob, are you going to sleep all day? Rob: No, just till eleven, honey, wake me at eleven. [alarm clock rings] Rob: Oh boy, I feel good. Laura: Good morning Honey. Rob: Good morning Honey. Thanks for letting me sleep. Laura: Feeling better? Rob: Oh, those extra two hours sleep really set me up. Laura: Sure. Rob: What time did you get up? Laura: Well, I’ve been up since seven. Rob: Then you’ve had your breakfast. Laura: Um Um. Waited for you. Rob: Well you must be starving honey, how’d you do that? Laura: It’s easy. I set the alarm ahead two hours. Rob: Good idea. You mean I didn’t get those extra two hours sleep? Laura: No. Rob: Well, uh, how much extra sleep did I get? Laura: About seven seconds. Rob: Oh boy am I tired. Laura: Rob, you had eight hours.