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dreamkeepr18

Nostalgic for the 1950s

Apr 05, 2007 11:04

Nostalgic for the 1950s: Yearning for a Nonexistent Past ( Read more... )

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Crock anonymous April 5 2007, 17:03:50 UTC

As the published author of six books, and someone who has researched the period of the 1950's extensively for the past 5 years, but more important, someone who was actually ALIVE during the period, I really don't know where to start here. Were kids playing outside for 8 hours at a time (without parents' worrying about anything happening to them), and having a great time, day after day, that was imaginary, right? Was the bread truck I used to see on summer mornings imaginary? And the milk truck? And the 100 other things that I could list here? Jesus, what a crock. Maybe kids were happy then but they shouldn't have been? Is that the argument ( ... )

Re: Crock refuted dreamkeepr18 April 8 2007, 18:52:08 UTC

I think you missed my point. I didn't set out to set up the 50s as imaginary. And Leave it to Beaver being praised at the time for its accuracy of life? That's like saying that Full House was the epitomy of all middle-class families of the 90s ( ... )