They implement flexible schedules and a job-sharing program, set up a daycare center and ensure equal pay. In order to hide the fact that they’re holding their boss hostage, the women have to run the business as best they can, which, it turns out, is much better than Mr. Hijinks ensue, and eventually they kidnap him. The next day, Violet accidentally stirs rat poison into Mr. After a coworker gets canned for comparing salaries - technically a protected activity since the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 - Violet, Judy and Dolly head to the bar to drown their sorrows in birdbath-sized martinis, smoke a joint and spin revenge fantasies about their boss. “Spare me the women’s lib crap,” he replies. After learning she lost out on a promotion to a man she trained, Violet confronts Mr. He insults Judy, and bullies Violet by demanding she fix his coffee. Hart spends his days harassing Doralee by telling her she’s much more to him than “just a dumb secretary.” He lies about sleeping with her, and purposefully knocks pencils on the floor so she’ll lean over and pick them up.
The plot of 9 to 5 feels nothing short of radical, even (and perhaps especially) today. is played to smarmy mustachioed perfection by Dabney Coleman. Sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot boss Franklin Hart Jr. Fonda cast herself as the uncharacteristically mousy Judy Bernly, a nervous divorcee who can’t figure out who she is, never mind how to run the copy machine.
The project was conceived of by Jane Fonda, who was inspired by the work of Karen Nussbaum, an old friend from the anti-war movement and founder of 9to5, an organization still in the business of advocating for working women. Tomlin stars as Violet Newstead, a working widow and mother of four who’s passed over for promotions despite her obvious qualifications. Released on December 19, 1980, the cult comedy 9 to 5 brought together Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin with Dolly Parton in her film debut as Miss Doralee Rhodes, a kind-hearted secretary who fantasizes about lassoing her “sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot” boss and roasting him on a spit. ‘9 to 5,’ stars Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton and Jane Fonda.
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