All of the talk about the 1992 election and the desire to "restore family values" makes me think who gets to define family values? Even now, in 2010, Bill O'Reiley attacks Jennifer Anniston for speaking in favor of a single mom household. Do all families have to fit a certain definition to be considered a family?

The way that the author is writing the essay, it seems as though the film provides an excuse for the American public to assign issues of gender and race to a different time and ignore the fact that they are still happening today. Does the film just gloss over these issues because it doesn't want to take a steadfast political stance or is it trying to make light of these series issues so that people can believe in the concept of "a simpler time"?