Compare Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

Though released years apart, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner directed by Stanley Kramer in 1967, and The Birdcage directed by Mike Nichols in 1996 both revolve around acceptance. In both movies, the directors expose the acceptance of people through means of youth in love. The Birdcage centers on the son of a gay man trying to get married to the daughter of an ultra conservative senator. Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner centers on a young interracial couple attempting to get approval from their parents to get married. In the films and in life, the presence of love forces two families to come together and modify their views to be more accepting. In Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and in The Birdcage, the younger generation of people are the most open minded. Though the movies take place in different time periods and the issues are not the same, it is still the young, progressive people that push the boundaries of social acceptability. In 1967, racial tensions were running high throughout the United States. This makes the interracial couple in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner more controversial of a topic. Similarly in the 1990’s gay rights and acceptance was at the center
The joining of both couples forces the parents to put aside their preconceived notions of right and wrong. For Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner that preconceived idea is that a biracial couple can’t survive in a harsh America. In The Birdcage, the view is that homosexuality is wrong and immoral. While these are the preconceived notions, they are not correct and are proven to be so through the love that the couples show. In general, people may hold an immeasurable amount of other slanted views. However, the love that people have makes others realize that their beliefs are not the only views held in society. This idea makes people as a whole more