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Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Dabney Coleman, Elizabeth Wilson, Sterling Hayden

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Actuarial Lurker

Final cross-post: When I had my first office job after college at a major NYC consulting firm in the Spring of 1990 there were a FEW women in middle management but NOT Partners. The women at our major life insurance company client firms were VPs, Head of HR, SVP of Compliance, Junior Legal Counsel etc. So they would have been the 20-something year olds in this 1980 film who had moved up slightly by 1990. I'm a male in my late 50s and it was MY generation where many of my female work colleagues rose up to be CFO, Board of Director members, Exec VPs, Divsion managers, CEO and similar roles at financial firms...doing so in the late 1990s and early 2000s

Clare Manion

Dolly Parton is a national treasure! If I remember right, she came up with the idea/rhythm of the theme song by rubbing her acrylic nails together – as one would a washboard or guiro (that hollow wooden fish thing with ridges you run a stick across)...I think it was mentioned in her Netflix documentary.

ScarlettMi

This movie pairs well with Baby Boom (1987) and Working Girl (1988) to get an overview of 80s corporate ladies. Working Girl is a personal favourite of mine.

Jonathan

The original version of this was more of a drama but Jane Fonda didn’t want it to get preachy so they cut most of the dramatic scenes even the ones they filmed. This does pair perfectly with Working Girl for 80s women in business movies.

Jonathan

Allison Janney got a Tony nomination for playing Lily’s part in the Broadway version.

Clare Manion

Oh man, I’ve been looking forward to this all week! I haven’t seen this movie since I was a kid... although, upon further review, perhaps I shouldn’t have seen it as a kid, lol. On a fun note, this is one of my mom’s favorites too... I have this excellent picture of her from the 70's sitting at a newspaper type-setting machine where she has Jane Fonda’s hair-do and she’s flipping off the cameraman...which was her boss. It’s my favorite picture of her. (She’s retired now and spends four days a week babysitting her granddaughter/my niece...Violet.) P.S. Kevin -- Bonus points for seeing Steel Magnolias! That’s been on my list to ask you guys about. And yes, same for me, the main thing I remember from seeing 9 to 5 as a kid was Coleman in a harness :)

Jennifer H

My parents (along with an aunt, uncle, & cousin) took me to see this movie in the theater shortly before my 5th birthday. The experience is one of my earliest memories & I am very sentimental about this movie. I haven't seen it in a long time & I was really excited when it won the poll. Big thank yous to everyone who voted for it & Kevin's mom for making it an option. On a Godfather related note - Have you watched the limited series The Offer starring Miles Teller? Although there are some inaccuracies, it's a captivating mini-series about the making of The Godfather. If not, it might be one to consider for the channel.

Erin Mileur

Speaking of trophy hunting check out The Most Dangerous Game (1932). Starring Joel Mcrea, Fay Wray and Leslie Banks as Count Zaroff. Based on the short story of the same name it was made by the same people behind King Kong who also hated big game hunting.

Jennifer

My 18-year-old daughter loves this movie. She calls all artificial sweeteners "Skinny & Sweet" ever since watching it with me five years ago.

Devon Cooper

Fastest click this week! Such a classic movie🤩🤩You should do Baby Boom!

Joy M

This makes me want to watch one of my favs from childhood with Dabney Coleman, Cloak and Dagger.

Youtalkingtome

We had it on a poll once, to no avail. I considered doing a Dabney Coleman poll, but now that 9 to 5 is done, there aren't many choices.