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Two melodramas that commented on restrictive social norms included Douglas Sirk""sAll That Heaven Allows (1955), and Todd Haynes""Far From Heaven (2002)."...the first three notes just happen to be, Do-Re-Mi.Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti, oh let""s see if I can make it easierDoe, a deer, a female deer, Ray, a drop of golden sunMe, a name I call myself, Far, a long, long way to runSew, a needle pulling thread, La, a note to follow SoTea, a drink with jam and bread, that will bring us back to Do.[Note: This film was competing with the recent memory of the irreverent and whimsicalButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)that had completely modernized the legendary American western, with humorous dialogue, a pop soundtrack, and slapstick.The film was a well-meaning, but often misguided effort that had confusing and mixed messages about male superiority, the exploitation of Mexican workers, and racial equality (for both blacks in the Maryland sequences, and Hispanics in the Texas sequences).And if they did, how long do you think it would take to get them going.These men act quickly.You don""t know how clever their chief is.The master spy""s name is unknown, but he can not disguise he fact that his little finger is missing a top joint:He has a dozen names, and he can look like a hundred people, but one thing he cannot disguise - this: part of his little finger is missing - so if ever you should meet a man with no top joint there, be very careful, my friend.