It Takes All Kinds attempts to train the viewer in how to successfully choose a spouse. It focuses on how to choose a person with the ârightâ personality traits. Several different couples run out of gas on a country road, an annoying situation where peopleâs worst traits often come out. Max is bossy, Tom is helpless, Bill is a chauvinist pig, and Irene is a nag. The one couple who have all the right characteristics are Lily and Gerald. Sheâs calm and competent, and heâs strong and silent. Together, they make the perfect post-war couple. It Takes All Kinds is an illuminating glance at a time when the âperfectâ relationship was considered to be the same for everyone.
