Brian’s Reviews > Three Plays: Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, The Matchmaker > Status Update

"VANDERGELDER: ...I like my house run with order, comfort and economy. That's a woman's work; but even a woman can't do it well if she's merely being paid for it. In order to run a house well, a woman must have the feeling that she owns it. Marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she's a householder." 😯🔥