(Quote from A.Nunes, “A Sexist 1960s Film Remake Rewrites Cinema History”, VICE Creator’s Project, Sep 2016) “At the core of my concern is to express that the whole world of gender and the breadth of its expression can exist in one person, and that person is also the all-powerful oppressor or oppressed - depending on how we want to see it.” In the context of today, it shows its absurdity and the need to address the gender culture of previous generations. Marcin embodies both female characters, caricaturing the appalling sexism of what is, as it were, a pedagogical concern. The performance is commented on by the omniscient male voice of the 1937's original, who comments on the supposed merits and shortcomings with wisdom such as “She not only knows how to get a man, she knows how to keep him.” Marcin slips into both female roles: Miss Elane Barrie Barrymore, who, including a lascivious eye-roll, removes her clothes in a supposedly exemplary manner, and Trixie Friganza, who tramples and drags her way out of her clothes. This 4 mins excerpt of Marcin's video H"ow to Undress in Front of Your Husband" is a remake of a Hollywood short film from 1937 by Dwain Esper, in which the supposed “dos” and “don’ts” of a woman undressing in front of her husband are demonstrated.
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