Saturday, July 27, 2024

Evolving Gender Roles

Shelley in a promo pic
for Single Bars, Single Women, 1984

Shelley starred in the telefilm Single Bars, Single Women in 1984. Shelley starred as Frankie, a truck-stop waitress looking to move on from her former flame Gabe (Paul Michael Glaser). The film explored the bar scene as seen in the eyes of women. It was a time when gender roles were evolving and the rules of dating were changing... fast. No longer in need of escorts and chaperones, women could now go bar-hopping alone to meet the men they wanted to meet. Women were becoming more confident in going out on their own and looking for love and companionship. Tony Danza, Keith Gordon, Christine Lahti, Mare Winningham and Kathleen Wilhoite completed the cast. It was directed by Shelley's future hubby Harry Winer.

Shelley, Tony Danza, Keith Gordon
and Christine Lahti appeared on the VHS cover
of Single Bars, Single Women, 1984