tend to generally deal with outsiders and alienated figures, who are longing or searching for something and how the interact or are accepted into a community . Popeye is no exception. The film begins with Popeyes arrival into a small port town, Sweet Haven, in search of his father who had left him orphaned at an early age. Altmans satire as well as his musical deconstruction become obvious in the very first seen as Popeyes boat comes to port, the town people come out of there house singing a celebratory hymn "Oh Sweet Haven, God must love us". Yet the town is completely dilapidated and run down, with poor people scrubbing the stairs and washing clothes in the open. Immediately people ignore or try to avoid Popeye, who is simply trying to find some with information in regards to his long lost father. As the film continues, we realize that the film is also a search for masculinity as Popeye has not had a male role model to grow up with, and as a result finds it difficult to fit in with the people around him. In turn he is shunned away from Sweet Havens residents, in one seen he goes to a party in town and is completely ignored. It is not until he defeats the town boxing champ that he becomes accepted, as the town people now can see him as a masculine entity. This is another moment when Altmans signature satire is shown as the people cannot except or relate to Popeye until he conforms to their social construct of masculinity. Quite a bold statement in a film about a cartoon character.Olive Oil takes a focus part way through the film as her numbers show us her situation. It is made clear that she is to be seen as a victim of a patriarchal society through Olive Oils opinions. She is obsessed with her appearance, and is worried about her weight. In one seen Olive sits down for dinner but is outraged because she has been given a "short fat glass instead of a tall skinny one". She has been raised to believe she needs a man, in one song she si...
