Seemingly-Wholesome Fifties Girl: Difference between revisions

''[[Naughty by Night|Come the night she was such a pleaser]]

''Mary Hill was such a thrill after dark

 

She seems to be the perfect, wholesome teenage girl of [[The Fifties]]. By day, she's a sweet, innocent ultra-virgin who dresses in knee-length skirts and [[Sweater Girl|tasteful sweaters]], and repeatedly says things like "that's swell!" and "peachy keen!". She might [[Meganekko|wear glasses]], attend [[Catholic School Girls Rule|Catholic school]], or even be a [[Preacher's Kid]]. Her parents and teachers talk about what a "good girl" she is, but all the kids at school (except for the "squares", of course) know about her "reputation". By night, she drinks, smokes and hangs out with (gasp!) boys. She "parks" with them, while the car radio plays [[Nothing but Hits]], and may even have experienced sexual intercourse. In other words, she's either something of a Hot [[Hypocrite]] or at the very least something rather different from what she appears to be. After all, she doesn't want to be a "square" and the male hero needs a girlfriend that ''appears'' respectable, but isn't a prude. Bonus points if her mother or grandmother was a [[The Flapper|flapper]], teaching their daughters and granddaughters the way of sly rebellion and liberation.

* Played with in ''[[Pleasantville]]'', where a girl from our day and age ends up stepping into this role... and by the time the movie's done, ''every girl in town'' is like that to some extent, ''except'' the girl who started the behavior.

* Marty's mother Lorraine in ''[[Back to The Future]]'' wants to be this, to Marty's understandable alarm. Not only is she Marty's ''mother'', she hypocritically berates her children for acting this way in the future (at least until Marty improves history).

* Janet Weiss from ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''. She's an innocent girl who is Brad's fiancee. Though, during her time in the castle, she has sex with both Frank N. Furter and Rocky...the latter prompting pure rage from the former. In the end, she's confused about what has occurred, but also realizes the benefits of living a sexually active life.

* Subverted into a straight up [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] and [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] when Mary Lane of ''[[Reefer Madness]]'', the ingenue of ingenues, takes one puff of "marijewana," at which point... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FqaOVz3dYE&feature=related Some things just need to be seen.]

== [[Literature]] ==

* Sybil in ''[[Invisible Man (novel)|Invisible Man]]'' is a funny case in that she would qualify as [[The Ingenue]] if it weren't for her rape fantasies. (As the victim, mind you, not the rapist—she's utterly smothered by her life, and wants something wild.)

 

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