Talk:Tea and Sympathy (film)

Latest comment: 4 years ago by 2601:14F:4501:6CDC:31F3:9E40:4245:5A8F in topic Analysis = Original Research?

Analysis = Original Research?

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The analysis section, which doesn't cite "authoritative sources", is the sort of writing anonymous Wikipedia editors would normally jump on as "original research", despite the fact it's a more or less obvious exegesis. The analysis also fails to point out the not-uncommon view in the '50s and '60s that all a sissy boy needed was a piece o' snappin'-turtle p**** to discover that he was really a man, after all. Nor is there an explanation of the title -- that, in having sex with Tom, Laura is willing to give him more than just "tea and sympathy". WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 14:33, 5 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

  • Re: "Nor is there an explanation of the title..." Though I've only seen the movie, I expect the play also includes explanation of the college's tradition of gifting a tea service to new housemothers, so they can hold teas on Sundays for their wards, and sympathize, rather than advise, on adolescent growing pains and challenges, a boundary Laura Reynolds crosses. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:14F:4501:6CDC:31F3:9E40:4245:5A8F (talk) 11:47, 18 June 2020 (UTC)Reply