Jen's Post
"Theres a wonderfully written scene where the women are siting on a rooftop, smoking pot, looking at a factory and observing wistfully, "Before they strated laying people off, they were paying $15.00 an hour at that place."
Kimberly Springer
Waiting to Set It Off
Pg. 181
I thought this quote was great because it gave a ton of perspective on the whole film. The women in this film were constantly scorned. They used any and all means neccesary to remain afloat in society. When things were looking up they automatically crashed back down. I liked this quote because it gives the perspective of just how oppressed these women were. I as a college student, nannying for other peoples children make $15.00 ann hour. Compare that to working in a factory doing hard manual labor. It just shows how backwards the system is. I get to sit around watch television and eat other peoples food, while the women in this film would have done just about anything to be making $15.00 an hour. Its a horrible thing to know that your future does not just solely rest on your ambition and talent. It relies also on your class, sexuality, sex, etc. This quote made me really think about how the money I make seems so unimportant, but to them it was an unattainable dream that they could only view from a distance.