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"Describe how the scenes in today’s Daily Dose were designed to promote American values for audiences during World War II. Be specific. Refer to props, set design, settings, etc. in your answer.\n\t \n\n\tThe overarching focus was depicting a deep devotion to country at all costs - from Cohan speaking to FDR to his father's song regarding his homeland. Symbols provided illustrating the devotion to America went from LOTS of flags (even one behind Cagney when he is speaking with FDR and Cohan's lapel pin!) to a long line of presidential portraits lining the stairs to the Oval Office which Cohan takes in on his way into the office.\n \n\n\n\t\tListen carefully to the dialogue in these scenes. In what ways does the dialogue and/or the screenplay work to boost American morale? Quote specific lines of dialogue in your response.\n\t \n\n\tThe simple answer is a committed sense of  pride and devotion to home.\n \n\n\n\tCohan: \"A regular Yankee Doodle Dandy - always carrying a flag in a parade or carrying one.\"\n \n\n\n\tFDR: \"Carry your love of country like a flag - right out in the open\"\n \n\n\n\tFDR: (in summary) \"So you have spent your life telling the other 47 states what a great country this is....\"\n \n\n\n\t\tSince this is the opening of a biographical musical, how differently do you feel this film would be if it opened with the Fourth of July Parade scene in Providence, Rhode Island vs. the opening with FDR in the Oval Office? Defend your answer.\n\t \n\n\tUsing the format of flashback story telling keeps the story in strong context of Americanism by providing the \"answer\" before the question is asked. Starting with the July 4th parade would have left the audience to develop their own definition of how or why this fierce patriotism evolved. This method sets the stage of stating WE ARE GREAT - then tells the story of why and How Cohan arrived at his love of country.\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\t \n "
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