This is more than a reminder of the past, a snapshot of privilege and racism in the 1950s. It's a reminder that nothing much has changed in America. Women like Velma, seemingly harmless, seemingly nice, still exist and are ruining America. Not just a phone, not simply spying on a Black guest next door, it's toxic, it's un-American. You want to laugh at what she says, especially the dessert, but it shows you there's something rotten - sick, hateful - beneath the whip creamy, sweet persona. A perfect role for an older actor.
This is more than a reminder of the past, a snapshot of privilege and racism in the 1950s. It's a reminder that nothing much has changed in America. Women like Velma, seemingly harmless, seemingly nice, still exist and are ruining America. Not just a phone, not simply spying on a Black guest next door, it's toxic, it's un-American. You want to laugh at what she says, especially the dessert, but it shows you there's something rotten - sick, hateful - beneath the whip creamy, sweet persona. A perfect role for an older actor.