SOC 902 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Melvin Van Peebles, Norma Rae, Slacker
4 Dec 2018
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Early 70s films critical of upper classes, conformity, and materialism (ex. Harold and maude (1972): upper class boy rejects wealth privilege, and. Normal love for romantic love of a much older hippie woman. *blockbuster mentality changed the stories between the 70s and 80s* Late 70s and 80s films celebrate material wealth and consumerism (ex. Saturday night fever (1977): lower class boy uses individual talent to raise himself out of working class hell. Brooklyn to manhattan bridge literally represents trajectory of the. Early 90s films reflect disillusioned youth but late 90s avoids or sidesteps issues of class (ex. Because of the rise of independent, the identity crisis in america (if the communists are gone, what are you), economic uncertainty, slacker generation x. Different to 1970 because it"s less focused to disillusion and instead more on slacker angst we don"t know how we belong so we just don"t care.
