This film is complete escapism but it is different in the fact that it is a musical. Musicals are a very very new medium in this era as sound is just being employed in films. Music as a soundtrack had existed for a while but now because of sync sound, music can be employed within a movie as dialogue, matching the actors lips exactly. This will take off in a big way through the 1930's where musicals will become a beloved form of escapism that also is not morally reprehensible or gets in trouble with the Hays Code. This is the “pop” filmmaking that was emerging out of the time. It challenges aristocratic traditions by creating another fake structure for audiences to observe. At the beginning of the shift into sound you have gangster pictures, horror pictures, and now suddenly you have the all American romantic musical comedy. There's flashy dresses, dance numbers, something for the wives and children to escape their lives with, while the gangster pictures and horror films were there for the men and boys.