Figuring out Casablanca

Given the current political climate, what does Casablanca have to teach us about  . . .

(you fill in the blank)

"Come up with a good contemporary quote for Rick and Ilsa Lund."

What do we need to know about the time in which the film is set?
What do we need to know about the time in which the film is released? 

What are the values that we see in the movie? 

masculine
feminine
societal

What are some of the semiotics that inform the film?
What are some of the Marxist ideas that inform the film?
What are it's textual features? (What are the lines that we remember and why?)
Why are these particular actors important? (What does the casting choice mean - can you imagine someone different and how that would change the film?)

Play it again, Sigmund.
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