The Snob (1958)

I find myself drawn to this film again and again. Its theme seems timeless, yet I can't help but wonder if indeed times have not changed for girls like Sara. Certainly, I have met many girls like her, and it would seem that her "type" is not as reviled or misunderstood as it once was. One can't help but feel frustrated, though, as she proceeds to demolish her tenuous relationships at the party. Come ON Sara, lighten up! (Haven't we all witnessed such train wrecks, unfortunately?) I'd love to have heard some of the actual discussions that followed the screening of this film to its intended audience. Were Sara's tormentors viewed as dimly then as we view them now?

Does anyone else get just a little creeped out during the father/daughter scene in the kitchen? ("Okay, punkin.") Nothing overtly strange about it; there's some kind of charge in the air, though, that I attribute to the sheer intensity of the girl's performance.

A truly fascinating little gem.

Producer: Centron Productions

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• SNOBBERY
• SNOBS
• HIGH
• SCHOOL
• STUDENTS
• TEENAGERS
• PARTIES
• CRYING
• TEARS
• EMOTIONS
• SOCIAL
• INTERACTION

[MorroccoSurrogate]

A parent begging a kid to go to parties instead of doing homework...

The 1950s were weird

[KatoVitora]

wtf, Sarah's perfectly normal... These guys are assholes.

[zdenkajojo82]

I tend to be like Sarah...not because I think I'm smarter, but because I have such anxiety when it comes to failure and being in social situations. Some people, me included, really have to work at being positive and chilling...but it's worth the effort :D

[coolhellcat18]

@monkey9111989 you bring up a good point. Many people are sensitive enough to feel that they are being attacked in some way. One person who is shy may be looked upon by others as a snob. And in return shunned upon.

[babehurst88]

@moloch49 I couldn't agree with you more.

[monkey9111989]

The way I see it the movie calls into question of just who the snobs are, is it Sarah for her pesonallity or is it her fellow peers for judgeing her without knowing her at all.

[monkey9111989]

@MorroccoSurrogate Kids had less homework then.

[Dodec84]

Press 9 for Dramatic Prairie Snob!

[Dodec84]

@noisepuppet Ron.

[moloch49]

I should think the average parent would be dancing on air to have a daughter so studious,

but in that day and age, it wasn't "socially acceptable" for a girl to be an intellectual; instead.

she should be aspiring to marry and settle down with her high-school sweetheart, have 2 point something kids, and a big slobbery family dog. (The son would be a football star, and the daughter would teach baton-twirling at a strip-mall studio.)

The 1950s were nicer than now, but they weren't entirely ideal.

[AvEryBadApPLe]

Ooops! "wants," not eants, lol!

[AvEryBadApPLe]

I see, she eants her to dumb herself down so that she could produce a live action show with idiots who stood in some line all day. Hmm, mommy really thought ahead.