David Desser writes: [re: WORKING GIRL] "Of course, she not only must fight the prejudices of her community in Staten Island, but also the class-based prejudices exemplified by Sigourney Weaver's character. I think the film does a good job of highlighting class differences between Melanie and Sigourney's characters in terms of different hair styles and accents. (I also wonder how much critical malignment of Melanie Griffith is due to her accent--class bias in the critical and academic establishment? No way...) I would also say that WORKING GIRL has fallen into critical neglect because it takes working class aspirations to achieve middle class status seriously. But that's another issue on which I won't get (re)started." I'd agree with the above, but I do think the film suggests (perhaps unintentionally) that something is lost whenever something is gained in terms of status. I wasn't thinking of the Baldwin character as emblematic of Staten Island (although he is certainly part of the mix), but of her friends. Now she's in an isolated cubicle of her own, wearing a corporate hairstyle and clothing. Yes, she's nicer to her secretary and seems to defend "good" entrepreneurship over bad but what happens next? It is a complex issue--in ways that I think the film (script? direction?) may be unaware of--and it does deserve more scrutiny. --Don Larsson, Mankato State U., MN