Baby Doll (1956) - Wait for tomorrow

[megaswenson]

This scene shows so clearly Tennessee Williams' anxiety over the helplessness and dependency of women. He grew up in a world where middle and upper class women regarded men as nothing but vile slave creatures, lower even than dogs. Men existed solely to give money to women. But without men, and their money, women became such pitiful creatures...living fates worse than death....like Aunt Rose Comfort. It was a horrible place and time, and Williams understood it.