The film's entry point is precisely the challenges faced by the core staff within the "Washington Post" before and after the incident. The publisher of The Washington Post at the time was Katherine Gerham, played by Aunt May.
The Washington Post was founded by Catherine's father, and her husband was in charge of running the newspaper, but because of her early death, Catherine had to take over. However, in this era of white male dominance, Catherine's fate as a publisher is to follow a series of neglect and contempt, she is not really recognized, and board members see her as an insignificant fictitious.
The film does not portray Catherine as a static image, but pays great attention to her transformation process. From the beginning, Catherine has been constantly fighting for a place in the situation dominated by male hegemony, but the audience can clearly feel her nervousness. and powerlessness. In the end, Catherine overcame the fear in her heart and spoke out bravely. In the environment depicted in the film, sexism is pervasive, which is hard to accept today, and the social environment has changed a lot. But they also need to believe that more change is on the horizon — and fight for it.
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