Although Norma admires Louise's talent and supports her breaking free of certain restraints, they're still at odds. Norma is so starchy she can't even imagine that Louise's candy has already been "unwrapped" and that the girl cares not at all about her prospects for marriage, a form of voluntary bondage in her view. "Men don't like candy that's been unwrapped," Norma advises the bemused Louise. Predictably, Louise feels constrained by the corseted Presbyterian moralist sharing her room. While THE CHAPERONE imagines the story of Wichita-bred movie star Louise Brooks (Haley Lu Richardson) as she heads to New York City of 1922 to study modern dance with the famed Denishawn dance company, the focus is on local matron Norma Carlisle (Elizabeth McGovern), who volunteers to accompany and watch over the 15-year-old in the wicked big city. Shortly after World War I, Americans called a man with an accent a "dirty Kraut." Underage Louise sneaks off to a speakeasy and gets drunk, then later throws up, and suffers a hangover. Orphans, homosexuality, racism, out-of-wedlock babies, women's liberation, changing morals, prohibition, and other 1920s issues are the underlying themes. Two male lovers are seen jumping out of the bed they are sharing. Although set in 1922, the tone is modern as it touches on infidelity, clandestine gay lives, racism, unwed mothers, repressed women casting down their social shackles, and rule-breaking behavior of such outliers as the young Louise Brooks, who would one day become a celebrated silent movie star and memoirist. Parents need to know that The Chaperone is a made-for-PBS-television film written for the screen by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes from a novel by Laura Moriarty. A woman appears to be an alcoholic.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. Underage Louise sneaks off to a speakeasy and gets drunk, then later throws up, and suffers a hangover.
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