He felt as if they are going a impeccable job
The answer is both male and females act in movies in plays (back then males played both male and female characters)
Following the war art generally moved away from realistic to "interpretational", since many artists were beginning to challenge the status quo of art that had existed for hundreds of years prior.
They didn't because they weren't focused on it. It was the age of technological advancement, industry, wild parties and rich city slickers. The so called roaring twenties. Everyone was focused on factories and development that they didn't pay attention to the farmers.
