It’s so heartening to hear that the next generation might break the spell that we’ve been under.
There was a massive cultural shift that happened in the 1970’s and it was propagated in part by the entertainment industry. We did an experiment that I recommend in order to see it unfold with your own eyes: Pick three random sitcoms, one each from the 50s, 60’s, and 70’s and societal changes and observe the maintenance of cultural standards until the 70’s when things get really weird. We chose:
Ozzie and Harriet (50’s) - Family lives in house in suburbs, neighbors all intact families with kids, dad wears nice classic suits and drives to work, stay at home mom (so one income but affluent) and wears tasteful dresses, kids are polite and active, everything just has a “normal” vibe.
Leave It to Beaver (60’s) - Exact same cultural artifacts and dialogue reflects ethical lessons for their kids.
and Bob Newhart (70’s) - Childless couple that lives in an urban apartment, most friends are single but early middle age, husband takes the train to work, wife works as teacher (so two incomes for a lower living standard), man’s suits are tasteless brown and yellow plaid with 10” wide lapels and ridiculous neckties, woman wears pants or short skirts and flashes cleavage, dialogue with much sexual innuendo, strange and alienated cultural vibe.
If you go out to the 90’s you have Seinfeld which is funny as hell but the cultural shift has extended and set like concrete.
And now currently the shows are all tedious, unfunny, preachy, and filled with all kinds of odd, maladapted people.
It’s so heartening to hear that the next generation might break the spell that we’ve been under.
There was a massive cultural shift that happened in the 1970’s and it was propagated in part by the entertainment industry. We did an experiment that I recommend in order to see it unfold with your own eyes: Pick three random sitcoms, one each from the 50s, 60’s, and 70’s and societal changes and observe the maintenance of cultural standards until the 70’s when things get really weird. We chose:
Ozzie and Harriet (50’s) - Family lives in house in suburbs, neighbors all intact families with kids, dad wears nice classic suits and drives to work, stay at home mom (so one income but affluent) and wears tasteful dresses, kids are polite and active, everything just has a “normal” vibe.
Leave It to Beaver (60’s) - Exact same cultural artifacts and dialogue reflects ethical lessons for their kids.
and Bob Newhart (70’s) - Childless couple that lives in an urban apartment, most friends are single but early middle age, husband takes the train to work, wife works as teacher (so two incomes for a lower living standard), man’s suits are tasteless brown and yellow plaid with 10” wide lapels and ridiculous neckties, woman wears pants or short skirts and flashes cleavage, dialogue with much sexual innuendo, strange and alienated cultural vibe.
If you go out to the 90’s you have Seinfeld which is funny as hell but the cultural shift has extended and set like concrete.
And now currently the shows are all tedious, unfunny, preachy, and filled with all kinds of odd, maladapted people.
Yeah it's actually really amazing how fast things have changed. Especially with boys.
Which let's be honest most females usually end up supporting the same ideals/ideology their boyfriends/husband's identify with.
My boy told me it has become "cool" to be a Trump supporters at school. Big difference from just a few years ago.