Hands folded on your desktops, children. Johnny, kill the lights. It's 1951, and we're going to watch a film that will show us how to behave like young ladies and gentlemen.
At first, it must have seemed like indoor recess. Instead of long division, kids thought, we get to see a movie! Then the one-reel drama began, and all pleasure ended. Nick, the antihero of Benefits of Looking Ahead, foresees his future as a lonely bum--unless he builds a table in Shop. In Habit Patterns, Barbara sobs because she's a slob ("You make a pretty picture," the catty narrator says,...
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