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CORRECTION OF HOMEWORK Recap : Billy Wilder set up his movie in Chicago in the late 20's with prohibition as background. The film focuses on two broke musicians( it stages two broke .....): two losers, and stereotypes of gang godfathers :tough guys . BW makes fun of them kindly , it's a comedy The movie is entitled ''SOME LIKE IT HOT'' , in fact '' it '' stands for Jazz music ; it is directed by Billy Wilder , starring Marilyn Monroe ,Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon , it deals with men who disguise themselves as women to escape the mafia , a Chicago gang . The movie is a comedy The first chapters BACKGROUND Prohibition SETTING The scene takes place in Chicago in 1929 , in the street , CHARACTERS Gangs ( toothpick Charlie , Spats Columbo, the police ( with a mole ), the main characters : 2 broke musicians : they struggle to pay their rent because for four months they have been unemployed / jobless so they have had to borrow money so one of them suggests to bet on a dog in a dog-race ( gamble ) SITUATION The police ( they ) are chasing a hearse which is hiding gangsters who hid bottles of liquor ,spirits in a coffin and some weapons in a fake ceiling , the liquor is leaking out of the coffin , the mafia first escape the police There's a shooting There's a SPEAKEASY hidden behind a FUNERAL PARLOR , people pretend to go to a funeral instead of going to a speakeasy , they have to give a password to get into the speakeasy and then they can drink alcohol illegally and enjoy the show : dancing and music . The police are getting ready to raid the place and arrest the gangsters and the customers . MORE ABOUT THE MAIN CHARACTERS They are in dire straits( in trouble ) because they're desperate ,they're starving , they're jobless, looking for a job , their agent is looking for two female musicians to go to Florida , the paradise of millionaires . Joe bet on a dog which lost the race so they lost their money Joe stood Nelly( his date )up however he must borrow her car to play for Saint (St ) Valentine's day consequently he has to coax her into lending him her car even if it's not worthwhile /it's not worth driving there Spats Colombo runs the speakeasy which was raided last night because Toothpick Charlie gave him away to the police so he's furious and he wants to take his revenge / avenge himself The two friends / both musicians witness the shooting FRIDAY APRIL 6th Vocabulary to use in the recap adverb Verbs Adjectives Nouns Expressions Kindly Run away /flee /escape Shave Lie Rehearse Help somebody out Take the blame Catch Kick somebody out Make fun of