PICNIC 1955

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by Morley Evans

Enough gloom and doom. This is love.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picnic_(1955_film)

THE DANCE SCENE is the most important part of the movie. Why? ‘Madge’ is beautiful but she is only drifting through life. Alan wants to marry her. She is not in love with him. ‘Madge’ decides who she wants when she starts down the stairs at the picnic. Hal is a drifter. Nothing Hal has ever done has worked out. Hal can offer ‘Madge’ nothing. ‘Madge’ chooses love and rejects an easy life with servants, position and wealth. ‘Madge’ turns her back on playing bridge at the country club. Women decide, feminists. Females make the important decisions in human society and in the animal kingdom too. Hal is already starting to change when he sees ‘Madge’ coming down the stairs. We hope ‘Madge' and Hal will start something wonderful in Tulsa. Love triumphs.

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