Marty Themes

Marty is the love story of Marty and Clara, but that's not the only love in evidence here. Remember, we've got parental love, the bonds of friendship—in many ways this story could be about love a...

The motto of Marty could be: Family: can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em. Family is almost everything for Marty's extended family. And it's the thought of leaving her own parents that Clara...

We all have our own sob stories, and Marty's version is all about rejection, loneliness, and lowered expectations. (Frowny face.)He's dealt with the twin blows of losing his father and getting some...

Between Clara, Virginia, Teresa, and Catherine, Marty has the market cornered on just about every everyday woe a mid-20th century "broad" could face living out a more or less okay life. Whether it'...

When we watch Marty, we're watching a community that's on the way out. As the European immigrant era of the Bronx draws to a close in the 1960s, these Italian- and Irish-Americans will make their w...

Age is a real big deal in Marty, and it comes in many flavors. We've got generations in a too-close-for-comfort proximity: Check out Tommy and Virginia asking Tommy's mother to move out so they can...