Coffee, Tea or Me?

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Title

Coffee, Tea or Me?

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NZ On Screen

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Description

In this 2002 documentary director Brita McVeigh heads down the aisle to explore the world of air hostesses in air travel’s glamorous 60s and 70s heyday. Seven ex-“trolley dollies” recall exacting beauty regimes, controversial uniform changes, and the job’s unspoken insinuation of sexual availability. The cheese and cracker trolley becomes a vehicle that charts the changing status of women as McVeigh argues that — despite layovers in Honolulu, and a then-rare working opportunity for ‘girls’ — ...

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Video

Date created

2002

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http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/coffee-tea-or-me-2002

Related subjects

air stewardess / air hostess / airline / air new zealand / teal / lana simpson / mary alice watts / jane myhre / shirley neale / emerald gilmour / lyn marie davis / carolyn penny / sixties / folded wings / tasman / flying boat / nac / sexism / beauty / sexual harassment / advertisements / alan whicker / union / unionist / united women's convention / tom skinner / trade union / reg lindsay / commercials / chauvinist / organising / midweek with holmes / bret mckenzie / eddie isbey / chauvinism / nz on air / new zealand on air / 1960s

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