Two links - shared from the BBC News feed, that maybe of interest to the group...
"Why was 1971 such an extraordinary yearin film?"
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210616-why-1971-was-an-extraordinary-year-in-film?ocid=ww.social.link.email
... and of course pen-to-paper would have begun some time before that, so what was going on?
AND
"Is this TV's most toxic stereotype?"
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210615-why-tvs-most-toxic-stereotype-endures?ocid=ww.social.link.email
...stereotypes can "get old" very fast, have we/will we move onto an archetype for this "Character" ...the COVID lockdown for more than a few apparently, raised the thorny issue of domestic task designation that bordered on gender stereotypes...
Ooo, such excellent finds! Thank you, Diana!