"Casablanca"

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" The film of Casablanca has had major audience appeal since the time it was first released, and indeed it was something of a surprise hit when it first came to the screen. The appeal in 1942 was likely to be somewhat different than the appeal of the film today given that the societal concerns of the time were different, and the film does indeed reflect many of these concerns in its plot, the interactions of its characters, and the society it depicts. Casablanca is very much a document of its age and reflects much of the history of the late 1930s leading to the war that was then waging in 1942.

The society depicted in the film is exotic not only because of its setting in Casablanca in North Africa but also because of the mixture of nationalities brought together in an artificial manner in this time and place. This is artificial because it is.."

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