Behind its low-budget exterior, what is Attack of the 50ft Woman really saying? Is it making a statement at all? Nancy Archer represents the stereotypical suffering wife of the pre-feminist era. And while she does gain a great deal of power once she's a giant, this experience, while fortunate for her own motives, can leave an ultimately bad taste in the mouth. With her rampage through town, Nancy's story suggests that if a woman is given a bit of power, she will use it to reak havoc and destroy those who oppressed her. So, her moment of empowerment ultimately works in reverse. In addition, while Nancy storms through the town in her giant state, she is quite scantily clad for the times. One of the movie's first narrative points is that Mrs. Archer is voluptuous, so her strapless white bathing suit rags shouldn't come as a surprise, but alltogether her oppressed home life and the suggestion that women should look a certain way--even when angrily searching out a cheating husband--did not really help women in that era.