Hello Dolly Essay

Analyzing Hello Dolly Dolly Levi is a twentieth century woman from Yonkers who asserts herself in people’s lives to make money. At one point that she matches a woman to whom Mr. Vandergelder desires to marry so that she could swoop in and so she could marry him for himself and use his money for selfish reasonings (Hello Dolly). In Gene Kelly’s Hello Dolly, he utilizes many different criticisms. One of the most obvious criticisms however, that is portrayed in the film is Feminist Criticism. Feminist Criticism "Focuses on relationships between genders. It examines the patterns of thought, behavior, values, and power between and within the sexes (SpringBoard: Senior English. College Board, 2011)." Feminist Criticism relates to the movie based off of the actions of the men and the women in comparison to
Vandergelder. In the restaurant, Mr.Vandergelder meets up with Miss Simple of whom he was told to meet with from Dolly. As Miss Simple leaves, Dolly arrives and the wait staff and host of the restaurant desires to make the restaurant the best as she walks in the door (Hello Dolly). The fact that the wait staff and host appeared to be chipper and make sure everything was exceptional with Mrs. Levi’s experience as well as to go out of their way to adjust the menu for her was a huge representation of how the felt based solely upon her and her personality. Based upon the fact that Dolly started from practically being an annoying and nosy woman and then becoming a very important character in the film Hello Dolly, represents how Dolly grows as a person and defies the stereotypical aspects of a true woman character. Also, when the men listened to Dolly as well as the fact they went out of their way to accommodate Dolly portrayed the fact that they were the ones stereotyped versus the women’s lack