posted April 21, 2011 02:46 PM            

But recently I've seen a lot of 70s movies and I've noticed a trend of not only lacking respect for authority but in rebelling against it. It doesn't matter if it's Close Encounters of the Third Kind or Smokey and the Bandit the scriptwriting took a radical turn. And then I recall Star Wars came out with glorified rebels, too.

And recalling other '70s flicks I've seen even when it makes a hero of a cop it's usually a vigilante who bucks his superiors.

TV and movies are said to be a reflection of society and that reflection seemed to morph a lot in just 10 years (or less). I'm curious about this change. What made such a change? Was it that Watergate, the loss of Vietnam, and things like that seriously undermined respect for authority?

Still, from what I've seen of 70s flicks it seems to lack the paranoia of authority in a lot of 90s shows & flicks.

posted April 26, 2011 10:08 AM            

We moved from the Leave it To Beaver times into the flower children era .

I wouldn`t think it was a specific event but society and families facing many huge events that the psyche had a difficult time understanding or embracing.

The 60`s and 70`s reflect a fast pace and a threat to the status quo. It emerged as rebellion.

Fast forward the events and technology of the 80`s , 90`s and this century with paranoia developing.

So much occured over that time period, that it wasn`t processed but instead acted upon .

Create a law/society in haste, repent at leisure?