A Funny Thing That Happened On The Way To The Forum

I believe that we should absolutely watch a funny thing on the way to the forum. One must concede that the movie does repeatedly make some sexist remarks about women. However we most also recognize the time that this movie was made in.  It was made in the year 1966, since then we have seen  significant progress in the way women are integrated into movies and the way they are portrayed. In this movie and many of the past movies we have seen them portrayed (with the exception of Cleopatra) as very servile. While this and the jokes they make in the movie may look appalling to us now, think of how far we have come since. Since this movie was made we saw the Title IX legislation enacted which greatly enhanced the role of Women in society and in the movies since then. I think that this movie is great to watch because it shows how much society has changed and evolved from the time this movie was made, to how society is today.