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Working Girl: The Obstacles Within Corporate America

Introduction

In the movie Working Girl, the star Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith) is a hard working

woman who is determined to reach the top of the stock market world by hard work. As

she turns 30 she is still stuck in clerical work so when she starts working for Katherine

Parker (Sigourney Weaver) she is glad that Katherine is willing to accept input and ideas

from her. However, when Katherine goes on a skiing trip and breaks her leg she asks

Tess to look after things. With that responsibility Tess simply takes over her office,

her apartment, even her wardrobe. Enraged that her boyfriend is cheating on her, Tess

sets out to do a deal while Katherine is away. She teams up with Jack Trainer (Harrison

Ford) to close the deal before Katherine's return; and the two slowly fall in love little

knowing that Jack is Katherine's boyfriend.

In this movie Corporate America is......

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