X: AN ESSENTIAL ASPECT OF THE AMERICAN-NESS AND THE HISTORICITY OF <THE GREAT GATSBY> IS THAT IT IS ABOUT MONEY. XI: THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PROMISED THE CHANCE FOR FINANCIAL SUCCESS. •GATSBY ... DOES ...

but the Gatsby of people's imaginations,'" says Linda Cho, costume designer on the production. "The expected silhouette from the 1920s is a drop-waist, sort of loose-around-the-waist look ...