94: Acting Out: Changes for Rebecca

Dolls of Our Lives

Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney

Society & Culture, History

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

A lot of ten-year-old kids wouldn't try to make a movie and participate in a labor strike. But Rebecca isn’t like other ten years olds, and she does both of those things, and more, in her final book. Radicalized by her visit to see family employed at a local factory, Rebecca speaks out about labor conditions. Despite her first directorial debut being a bit of a flop, she also gets the courage to come clean about her desire to be an actor. We talk about these plot points, make plenty of Samantha comparisons, and get into the overall arc of the Rebecca books.

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0:00.0	You are not allowed to stop your machine without my permission, Ms. Kofsky.
0:04.0	You will lose one hour of pay this week.
0:06.5	Please, Mr. Simon.
0:08.1	I was only wiping off my forehead so I could see the work better.
0:11.9	Don't take any money from my pay.
0:13.7	If my family can't pay the rent,
0:15.8	the landlord will throw us out of the street.
0:18.5	And no talking.
0:19.6	I will be kind to you, Ms. Kofsky,
0:21.6	and only take out a nickel for talking instead of working.
0:25.2	Not more from my pay.
0:27.3	Oh, please, Mr. Simon.
0:28.9	I am working hard.
0:30.7	Still talking?
0:31.6	That's another nickel.
0:32.8	Soon you will learn to do what Simon says.
0:36.8	And seen.
0:47.2	Welcome everyone to American Girls.
0:49.5	This is the podcast where we're reliving and some might say
0:52.9	reenacting the American Girl Series book by book.
0:56.0	I'm Mary.
0:56.8	I'm Simon.
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