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Maid In Manhattan Psychological Analysis
The movie Maid in Manhattan dives into the world of a middle aged women struggling through the everyday rush of balancing a minimum wage, low end job as a maid and raising a child. To add into this vicious never ending schedule, Marissa is piled with more pressure as her coworker pushes her to finally try for the job as manager. While Melissa’s schedule of changing bedsheets and delivering towels to hotel room never ends, we are introduced to the carefree and fun loving Chris

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