For the movie “9 to 5” the marketing research that they had done was more than what I would have expected. They actually did a focus group of real women who were secretaries, and what is funny about the whole thing is that none of whom was involved with the film had any REAL office experience. I have never personally seen the movie but what I caught during the documentary was that there were some serious ethical issues that were portrayed throughout the movie.
Some of the issues were that there were three secretaries who worked for a slim ball boss. The movie is a very feminist movie that deals with how women of this time dealt with the unethical issues of the workplace. Dolly Parton’s character deals with sexual harassment from the boss even though she clearly states that she is a married woman, and he makes it noted that he too is married but just doesn’t care at all. Lily Tomlin is the woman of the office who gets treated poorly even though she was one of the top employees and has been with the company forever. He passes her up on promotions and makes her get him coffee at every waking chance, it’s a very unhealthy environment for a woman of her stature and experience to be working in.
Lastly there’s Jane Fonda’s character; she is the newest addition to the office and is the most naïve. These three women came together and managed to trap him in his own home. After doing so they then took over his department while he was still trapped, and saw that productivity has increased in his absence. They keep him tied up in hopes that he will forget the incident ever happened and begins to cooperate.
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