Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Dealing with "SILLY SUZY"

"There is a leopard on you roof and it's my leopard and I have to get it and to get it I have to sing," (Suzy); silly, huh? In the 1938 comedy, Bringing Up Baby, Howard Hawks illustrates Suzy (Katherine Hepburn) as this hyper, energetic, fun, crazy, but even more "silly" woman who is full of life. When the viewer are first introduced to Suzy, she's comes across as this annoying woman, who pops up everywhere that David is(Cary Grant); David is the unfortunate man who happens to get caught up in all of Suzy's mayhem. With all the chaotic events that Suzy has put David thorough, like stealing his car and damaging it: ripping his tuxedo while trying to meet with the marvelous Mr. Peabody: dragging him all the way to Connecticut to take care of the leopard, "Baby", and much more, David remains somewhat calm about each of the situations. On the behalf of David, the viewers could really applaud him for his continuous patience and self-control while dealing with the confusion that Suzy was throwing at him. On the other hand, the viewer could also look at David like, why are you still putting up with this? Other than handling Suzy's actions in a calm manor, some viewers may have given up on being nice way back in the beginning of the movie; most people would've been too frustrated to talk to her, yet still stand next to her in the same room.
Now, seeing the side of Suzy, we as the viewers might be able to sympathize with her. Though Suzy's silly ways came across as annoying acts, maybe we can just recognize that-that is how she is; maybe she really doesn't mean to bring madness to other's lives. In the movie, one could notice that she really was ashamed for the trouble she caused for David. This also showed that she cared for David and like in the movie, maybe all of the mayhem was just a way to keep David closer to her since she really liked, or "loved" him.
Silly Suzy's ways taught the viewer many values. First, it taught how to be careful with the company you keep; though a person doesn't always want to be around trouble, they may never known when it's standing right next to them. Her ways also taught us that you may be in the wrong place at the wrong time but the best thing to do is...take a car and run. Most importantly, we can say that through every trouble or hardship comes a reward; therefore, we could say that the best thing that "SILLY SUZY'S" ways taught us, was to live a little and to have fun doing it. The prime example of living a little was at the end of the movie, David confided in Suzy and told her that though the time spent with her wasn't the best, he had-had the best day ever.

4 comments:

  1. Well, I would have to agree, as a viewer, I thought why is he still dealing with this? cant he see that she is throwing herself upon him? Her character does teach us to be careful with the company we keep. But, since he had the best day hes ever had, then shouldnt we all take chances on new people we meet in our lives?

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  2. you did a really good job on making suzy sound like a good person. Even though I'm sure everyone who watched it wanted to kill her because she was so annoying. I do get that maybe she was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but then it got to be too much and you knew she was doing it on purpose. I do agree that you need to sometimes live life and have fun doing it but I still think she was extremely annoying.

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  3. Silly Suzy is putting her actions mildly. I agree though that lessons can be learned from the overall strangeness of her actions, one being that as you said get out there and live a little.

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  4. I completely agree with the comments above. Suzy was a really good person at heart and at times life needs to be lived to the fullest.

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