His Girl Friday charts the marriage and divorce and remarriage of Walter and Hildy and the engagement -- and near marriage -- of Hildy and Bruce. Hildy says she wants domestic bliss in suburban Albany but she chucks it to remarry Walter and relaunch her career. Can someone balance career and marriage? Who is the best kind of spouse? Is happiness possible in marriage? What is this film saying about that state of marriage -- or love -- in the modern world?
The film "His Girl Friday" argues that there is no possible way to balance both an everyday job and a loving marriage. the way they do this is by challenging not only Bruce and Hildy's relationship, but they also show why Hildy and Walter will never work as well. The way this movie does that is by showing that someone can only be committed to one thing at one point. Hildy who is trying to get out of the paper writing business seems to still have a passion and love for it and is doing anything in her power to stay. She ignores Bruce's cry for help once he is taken in for the counterfeit money. She also would rather write up a story then even communicate with Bruce's mother once she finds out about Bruce's arrest. Hildy current commitment is strictly on writing and no man could get in her way. The way the movie proves that Walter and Hildy could never work is by showing how although Walter might be in-love Hildy only feels that way because they are in the same line of work. That is not a successful relationship as she does not share the same feelings towards Walter that Walter feels towards Hildy. Hildy simply tries to avoid Walter in the beginning, but he forces his way into ruining her relationship. In conclusion, "His Girl Friday" clearly shows that because Hildy's passion is still writing finding and managing a marriage will never work because work will always go above any man.
ReplyDeleteHis Girl Friday shows us that trying to balance domestic marriage and career is impossible for some people. At the beginning of the film, Hildy makes it quite clear that she is done with Walter and is moving on to live with Bruce and end her career. As the film progresses though, she demonstrates that not only is she still in love with Walter, but that she doesn’t want to end her reporting life. While Bruce continually urges her that they must go, she gets caught up in more news and reporting and more or less tells Bruce off. While she claims that she wants to live a domestic life without having to work, her actions show that she can’t do that. She is much too in love with her career to give it up. In turn, she chooses to stay in the city and remarry Walter. While, with this choice, she will not be able to have a domestic life, she can still balance her marriage and her career. She is plenty in love with Walter, as proved by her asking him favors even though they’re divorced, and even when she goes to see him before she plans on leaving with her fiancé. He also works for a reporting company, so they would see each other often. To conclude, throughout the movie, it becomes more and more apparent that she loves Walter and her job, which is why she makes the choice to leave Bruce, showing us that the choice between domestic life and career is an important one that many people have to make.
ReplyDeleteHis Girl Friday shows that the balance of work life and family or marriage life is truly an impossible task, especially for Hildy. Hildy’s passion for her work could never match her passion that she held for Bruce. She truly can never get her self to give up the work that she loves for the man that she claims that she loves. It is because of this that she ends up falling back for Walter, not because she loves him, but instead because she loves the paper and that of course if what Walter does. There can be two arguments for what type of spouse His girl Friday is the best kind, the first would be a spouse that is passionate for the same things like that of Walter and Hildy. There is also the argument that the best spouse could be one that is not all to passionate about his/her job, just like Bruce. Bruce, although it does not seem that he hates his job in any manor, is more passionate about Hildy than he is his job which in turn makes him an ideal spouse. His Girl Friday definitely makes it seem quite impossible to be happy in a marriage, and it is because it is so difficult to find the balance between work and marriage. His Girl Friday makes a compelling argument that marriage and love is so much more about passion for your job than the actual person. Obviously, I was not around when this movie came about, so who am I to argue, but I would certainly say that times have changed since then.
ReplyDeleteThroughout its entirety, the film His Girl Friday maintains the idea that people are not able to have a healthy balance between a career and marriage, with examples from both Hildy/Walter and Hildy/Bruce. However, I believe that it is possible. It just depends on the people and the type of job they work. The job that Hildy and Walter have is very demanding and time consuming. They are always on the go and do not have much control over their own schedules. This becomes obvious when we hear Hildy say that their first honeymoon was interrupted because of a work crisis. Working for the newspaper does not allow either of them any time for their marriage so it was bound to fail. I believe that when they try again, they might be able to make it work if they learn from their mistakes. Both of them, especially Walter, must be able to put their partner before their job. Likewise, Hildy and Bruce’s relationship failed because they also did not have a healthy balance. When Hildy was with Bruce, she planned on giving up the paper entirely and becoming a mom. While this is great for some people, it was not Hildy’s true dream. When she was roped back into the paper for “just one story,” she completely ignored Bruce because she was not able to balance her relationship and job. With a job like the paper, it would be insanely challenging for someone to work there and have a healthy relationship because that job seems to consume its employees. However, with a less demanding job, I believe it is possible to have a healthy balance.
ReplyDeleteHis Girl Friday demonstrates through the relationship of Hildy and Bruce that marriage cannot work when accompanied by differing ideals. An example of this would be the multiple scenes in which Bruce is falsely arrested. Despite being one of the only reliable people Bruce can turn to, Hildy is obsessed with providing a hot scoop on the execution of Earl Williams and leaves him in the slammer; it is Bruce’s mother that bails him out. The split scenes of Hildy dedicating herself to the paper, and Bruce in the slammer, only wanting to make sure that they catch the train on time demonstrate that the differing ideals of the two soon-to-be wedded would lead to their downfall. Another supporting evidence of the claim that a marriage with altering ideals would suffer would be the influence of Walter. Walter, in a dire effort to win the heart of Hildy, tries to keep her in the office and reignite her passion for the paper. His harsh actions such as causing Bruce to falsely go to jail for assault, and giving Hildy false cash demonstrate the undermining efforts made to have Hildy re-attract towards him. This now puts Hildy in a crossroad wherein one pathway, she can live her peaceful life with Bruce, disappearing from the paper scene, and in another pathway the exact opposite. Hildy under the influence of the possibility of saving Earl Williams and the actions of Walter decides to stay with the paper and contradicts the ideals of Bruce. With Bruce now out of the picture, Walter has been successful in winning over Hildy in marriage, and her dedication to the paper. The film demonstrates that those who think alike will always attract towards each other, and those who don’t are always repelled.
ReplyDeleteIn the modern world, there is no way to balance marriage with a career. In the film, His Girl Friday, Walter attempts to get his ex-wife to fall in love with him again and stay with him in the newspaper business. Hildy left the newspaper business and settled down with another man named Bruce to eventually marry him and live in Albany, New York. At the beginning of the film, Hildy goes to Walter’s office and tells him that she is getting married. She did not have to reconnect with Walter but is still attracted to his persistent, assertive, and confident personality. In the office, she tells Walter the news and a straight on, medium shot frame captures the image on the screen of the two smoking and talking about their marriage as a whole. If Hildy truly wasn’t in love with Walter she would have walked right out the door instead of entertaining him with their playful banter. Near the end of the film, Hildy hides a murderer in a desk in the newspaper company’s editing room with many typewriters. Walter enters, holds her steady to rationalize her thinking, looks her in the eyes, and convinces her to write the story of a lifetime. Hildy begins writing because she is still passionate for the rush and excitement each story brings; she cannot escape the feeling or desire to stay in the newspaper business. Bruce enters the room later while she is rapidly typing and Hildy doesn’t listen to a word he says. He leaves while she is caught up in the story she is writing for the newspaper company. As Bruce exits without Hildy noticing, the film shows that one can truly balance marriage with their career. The film portrays that happy marriages are the ones with both partners in the same occupation, similar to Hildy and Walter.
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