Okay, I know this is just about the silliest thing to focus on, but I couldn't help but wonder at the costumer's decision to put the women in high heels. We see Katie Holmes in strappy black heels, Meryl Streep, and several other elder members in different types of heels as well. Why? In a society devoid of sex and physical attraction, high heels would not only have no purpose, they would in fact be counterproductive. Anyone have a defense for the wardrobe designer's decision?
sharei didnt noticed that, but its a great point
shareI noticed Holmes in heels and it did looked strange in context.
Its that man again!!
Especially when the community is supposed to have no pain. Heels Hurt!!!!
Surely, you can't be serious.
I am serious, and don't call me Shirley.
Probably because the society has gender rolls, women and men wear certain clothing to distinguish them by gender.
Although that is kinda strange, since this dystopian society wanted uniformity and equality, so logically men and women should have all worn the same clothes, had the same hair cuts, etc.
I'd posit that it's because the production designers/costumers/director couldn't quite pull their heads far enough out of their asses to really envision a world where, I agree, uncomfortable shoes designed specifically to increase women's sex appeal in competition for the attention of men just don't seem appropriate. I don't think they'd have any place in 'The Communities,' but, because it's a fictional world created by people in our real world, with their biases and conventions, stuff that makes no sense in the fictional context gets thoughtlessly dragged into it from ours.
I'm an island- peopled by bards, scientists, judges, soldiers, artists, scholars & warrior-poets.
I didn't notice the heels, but I did notice that women were wearing feminine clothing that separated them from men. What would be the point of such clothing in a sexless society?
shareYeah, I thought about that too. Lots of cutesy dresses. Best explanation I can think of is that the wardrobe people (though likely influenced by the producers/studio) just made decisions based on Hollywood norms rather than being true to the book. Dumb.
shareIn the book, when younger, there were differences. Girls wore hair ribbons starting in the Ceremony of Three and had to have them perfectly tied until they had them removed in the Ceremony of Nine. In the Ceremony of Ten, girls lose their pig tails and both boys and girls get their hair cut. Ceremony of Eleven, boys and girls received special clothing with girls receiving special undergarments and boys longer pants.
It's not necessarily a sexless society as they understood there were differences between the two. Female and Male paternal units were set up and one boy and one girl were given to each family unit (after application). But overall, clothing was usually utilitarian and unisex.
Bob
I noticed,too.I didn't feel disturbing those heels that Merl Streep wore in this movie.She was the Chief and knew the real world,but,why? Why Katie Holmes wore the heels in Utopia?How could she find heels are attracted by women and good for her? I thought it was funny though.
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