That is seriously how you look at the thinking of 1940s Americans? Yes, people weren't always happy due to the depression and war, but Americans stuck together, had much better values, were much more real, and didn't live in the obnoxious, superficial world of today, and they didn't feel the need to talk about sex everywhere they went either. They were less about superficial qualities in people and looks than so many people today. People definitely trusted each other more. More people actually got married and believed in a little thing called romance. Romance is totally gone today. And the movies and music was much better then.
Well, it isn't that simple. Conformity to the letter was expected in clothing, personality, career choice, purchases and almost everything. Creativity was usually squashed, and recreation was almost non-existent. The forties were austere times. Please know that the romanticism in the old movies was there to help people forget about their misery for a few hours. It was not real.
People did watch films back then to forget their troubles of the depression and then of the war, but there really was more romance than today. And statistics will show that more people got married and stayed married than today. My grandparents, and many other people I'd known from older generations got married and stayed with their partners. I'm sure not everyone did, but they did more than today.
Yes, but rather than getting divorced these marriages lapsed into sexless brother-sister relationships. Alcoholism resulted. It just fueled the cycle of misery.
People put up with more back then with the depression and the war, but they were more sensible and held it together better. People today freak on each other over the littlest things, and they whine about much stupider things today than people did then. The only thing more old fashioned people whine about is how much better it used to be, but they're right!
It was the halcyon days in the movies, but certainly not in real life with the Depression, a lot of old time racism, and then World war 2 beginning at the end of it. They always said how the movies were always an escape from it all back then.
Normal to love old black and white films?
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aww yes the great depression and wartime. how romantic. eating belts and killing nazis. sounds like youre happy tho. keep it up.
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That is seriously how you look at the thinking of 1940s Americans? Yes, people weren't always happy due to the depression and war, but Americans stuck together, had much better values, were much more real, and didn't live in the obnoxious, superficial world of today, and they didn't feel the need to talk about sex everywhere they went either. They were less about superficial qualities in people and looks than so many people today. People definitely trusted each other more. More people actually got married and believed in a little thing called romance. Romance is totally gone today. And the movies and music was much better then.
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Well, it isn't that simple. Conformity to the letter was expected in clothing, personality, career choice, purchases and almost everything. Creativity was usually squashed, and recreation was almost non-existent. The forties were austere times. Please know that the romanticism in the old movies was there to help people forget about their misery for a few hours. It was not real.
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People did watch films back then to forget their troubles of the depression and then of the war, but there really was more romance than today. And statistics will show that more people got married and stayed married than today. My grandparents, and many other people I'd known from older generations got married and stayed with their partners. I'm sure not everyone did, but they did more than today.
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Yes, but rather than getting divorced these marriages lapsed into sexless brother-sister relationships. Alcoholism resulted. It just fueled the cycle of misery.
Eating belts????
Well if you're only gonna pick out the bad points then every time period was shit.
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Today is more shit.
Stalingrad, Hiroshima and Dresden, real halcyon days. Don't forget the institutionalized racism and poliomyelitis.
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People put up with more back then with the depression and the war, but they were more sensible and held it together better. People today freak on each other over the littlest things, and they whine about much stupider things today than people did then. The only thing more old fashioned people whine about is how much better it used to be, but they're right!
It was the halcyon days in the movies, but certainly not in real life with the Depression, a lot of old time racism, and then World war 2 beginning at the end of it. They always said how the movies were always an escape from it all back then.