Tuesday, September 27, 2011

What happens at Belle Watling's in Gone with the Wind?

Obviously she is "socialable" but there is more there than just sex. Is it just a general roughhouse for men? Why all the mystery around it?|||Belle is madame of a bordello. I doubt there would be any roughhousing allowed though she probably has the Law on her side, as we hear some names mentioned that says she has wealthy, influential clientele, including a judge. From what we see there, it's a place where men are made to feel comfortable, not simply dropping by for sex.





Proper ladies of that time period weren't supposed to even speculate about such places, which is why it's so funny when the elderly woman presses her husband for details about Belle's place when they claim they were there instead of at that raid on the "shantytown".





By the way, other movies that show bordellos of the past include "Pretty Baby", "East of Eden" (film), and "East of Eden" (TV miniseries).

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