[Reading Response: Eunice Seng]
In this article, the author describes the representation of female roles in movies at that time. Among them, the author reflected the social development of Hong Kong at that time by describing the transformation of female images and the construction of new buildings.
As a result of modernization and industrialization, Hong Kong faces a shortage of labor force. Hong Kong women break away from the traditional Asian female image and turn to the new age women. They no longer need to rely entirely on their families and husbands. Factory women and office women earn their wages with their hands and have the right to spend their money on their own happiness.
However, the rapid development of cities also brings disadvantages. This is reflected in the class stratification of society. The gap between the rich and the poor is getting wider and wider, resulting in social inequality. The directors of the time also made films about the development of architecture/society and the inequalities it brought about.
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