Movie Biz: What sort of woman’s work wins the attention of Oscar voters?
As many of us have learned first-hand from the pandemic quarantine, there is a sobering truth to the old proverb, “Women’s work is never done” (Full quote: “Men work from sun to sun/Women’s work is never done.”)
The saying apparently dates back to the American Revolution, but it was still around — and still unquestioned — in the 1950s when, in a well-known episode of “The Honeymooners,” Ralph (Jackie Gleason) is talked into hiring a maid by his worn-out wife, Alice (Audrey Meadows).
“Work,”…