Breakfast At Tiffany's Comments

I watched 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' last night - we're going to be reading Truman Capote's book after the break and I wanted to start thinking about it. The movie rewrites Truman Capote's story, turning it into a romcom, completely eliminating the book's gay themes. I'd seen ‘Breakfast' before, but now I'm a little older, and as a single woman, I can better appreciate it. I'm looking forward to studying its socio-sexual themes. These are some first thoughts.

Let's take the opening of 'Breakfast at Tiffany's.' The images are iconic and some of the most widely repeated in pop-culture today (Hello, ubiquitous dorm room decor) , but they're never used in a way consistent with their function in the film. Instead of seeing a horribly depressed girl who has nothing left in her life but pure escapism, people see a beautiful woman with apparent access to luxury.
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