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[Arts] Ladies in Black: A Humorous Peek at 1950s Discrimination
Adapted from the bestselling novel by Madeleine St John, the feature film Ladies in Black is billed and promoted as a sentimental journey backwards to a time when Australian department stores were the height of societal class, such as that portrayed in the TV series Mr. Selfridge mixed with a bit of The Crown and Downton Abbey – sort of how we imagine David Jones should have been at the height of its historical past – true or imagined. The time is 1959 Sydney and the story is