EOC Week 3: 9 to 5

I’ve never personally seen 9 to 5, but learning about what the film was about was kind of surprising to me. For the 1980’s the topic of killing your boss seems kind of risky. But, as soon as I heard Jane Fonda’s name involved with the film it all made sense. I’ve always known Jane Fonda as a very well renowned actress and not just that but also as a researcher. The film 9 to 5 was a result of marketing research that was done by Jane Fonda. Not that long ago, about 20 years ago when the film was made an American office looked and felt very different from what it does now. One of the big ethical issues that the movie is based on is how women were treated in these offices. None of the people that actually wrote, directed, produced, or even acted in the film had ever worked in an office. One of the writers said that she had to go into one of the Fox insurance offices and spend a day in it in order to understand what an office really felt like. One other way Jane Fonda and her comrades did research in order to make the movie believable, was doing interviews with women that worked as actual secretaries or what today is known as a focus group. They asked the women if they were in a fantasy world, what they would do to their boss. Several responses were reviewed but there was one that stuck out to the producers the most, the subject of killing your boss. Another ethical issue that is brought up in the movie is when the three women smoke marijuana. No matter whom you are and what your stance is on marijuana, there is no doubt that it’s an ethical issue.