Judy 9 To 5 Analysis

Throughout the 9 to 5 musical there was an obvious underlying message, the terrible treatment of women throughout the workplace. With issues ranging from getting a job, promotions and alleged office affairs. 9 to 5, the musical, is about how hard it is for a woman in the common workplace in the 1980s. It touches on how hard it is to be a woman and even find a job, let alone being taken seriously at the workplace. This concept was shown in a variety of ways throughout the musical, for starters in the first scene when the audience first met Judy. Judy was the newest office secretary, I thought she was just another character, but like Dolly said in the beginning, Judy did not know how much her life was about to change, and neither did I as an audience member. Early on, Judy admits that she has absolutely no work experience because all she had ever been was be a housewife. Luckily Violet, the office manager, takes Judy under her wing explaining how hard it really is to be “a working woman in a man’s world.” For me it was very eye opening to realize that often women had to lie on their job applications in order to even obtain a job.
Violet is a single mother and an office manager who has worked with the company for several years. Yet her boss, President Franklin Hart Jr. is still promoting men that are far less qualified than Violet, even promoting men that Violet has trained into the company. This aspect of the show was difficult because Violet had worked so hard over the last several years for this company yet they see her as unfit to hold a position any higher than an office manager. Even though this was irritating to watch, it was even more unsettling that things like this are still happening in the twentieth