Name: Con faldas y a lo loco
Director: Billy Wilder
Genre: Comedia, Romance, Crimen
Released: 1959
Cast: Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe

Question 1

Why do you think the characters chose to disguise themselves instead of directly facing the danger?

Accepted Answer

Classic screwball comedy with comedic cross-dressing; without an ideological agenda or graphic content. A masterpiece by Billy Wilder that uses cross-dressing as a classic comedic device, not as an affirmation of identity. The protagonists are men who pretend to be women purely for survival after witnessing a crime, and the comedy arises from the entanglement and imposture, never…

Question 2

What is the difference between the humor in this film and the message of current works about identity?

Accepted Answer

an affirmation of identity. The protagonists are men who pretend to be women purely for survival after witnessing a crime, and the comedy arises from the entanglement and imposture, never from the questioning of their masculine nature. The humor is situational: Joe courts Sugar…

Question 3

What comedic situations arose from the entanglement and what do they teach us about truth?

Accepted Answer

urvival after witnessing a crime, and the comedy arises from the entanglement and imposture, never from the questioning of their masculine nature. The humor is situational: Joe courts Sugar disguised as a millionaire, while Jerry is courted by Osgood in one of cinema's most…