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re: Why were blonde white guys vilified in the 80s?
Posted on 6/4/22 at 9:15 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Posted on 6/4/22 at 9:15 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Hell, the backlash could maybe be traced to The Graduate. In the book, Ben is some Troy Donahue surfer type...because that was what sold to teenage girls.
quote:DH shouldn't have been cast, but once Mike Nichols was hired as director it was certain that he would Jewify the character (as he'd done casting George Segal in Virginia Woolf). At one point Nichols was actually considering casting (I kid you not) Charles Grodin.
Hoffman said he didn't think he'd get the role because the studio thought he "was too ethnic looking."
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Posted on 6/4/22 at 9:15 pm to MontyFranklyn
It was kinda a thing
Lethal Weapon - Gary Busey
Ghostbusters the man with no dick
David Bowie in Legend
Beverly Hills Cop2 - Brigitte
Heathers
Indiana Jones Germans
Blade Runner - Rutger Hauer
Star Trek2 - Khan
No Way Out - Will Patton
ETA Real Genius - both professor and the TA
Lethal Weapon - Gary Busey
Ghostbusters the man with no dick
David Bowie in Legend
Beverly Hills Cop2 - Brigitte
Heathers
Indiana Jones Germans
Blade Runner - Rutger Hauer
Star Trek2 - Khan
No Way Out - Will Patton
ETA Real Genius - both professor and the TA
This post was edited on 6/4/22 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 6/4/22 at 9:59 pm to MontyFranklyn
Hollywood is run by frizzy dark haired guys
Posted on 6/4/22 at 10:03 pm to MontyFranklyn
The Lost Boys… Kiefer
Posted on 6/4/22 at 10:42 pm to molsusports
Better Off Dead
One Crazy Summer
One Crazy Summer
Posted on 6/4/22 at 10:58 pm to MontyFranklyn
Don't forget Rad which had evil blonde white twins (and is a better 80s movie than The Karate Kid).
Posted on 6/4/22 at 11:55 pm to MetroAtlantaGatorFan
Posted on 6/5/22 at 12:02 am to MontyFranklyn
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Why were blonde white guys vilified in the 80s?
The emergence of Rutger Hauer is the best example I can think of as to why the trend caught on.
He was the big bad East German terrorist in Night Hawks, made in 1981, and it made for a great visual and, for some odd reason, it gave off a vibe of communism.
Hauer again appeared as a legendary antagonist in Blade Runner, then everyone else took notice.
Basically, if you were a Caucasian terrorist or maniacal badguy in the 80s, you had bleach blonde hair, a striking jawline, and wore sunglasses.
Just fit.
Hell, they even gave Chris Walken the look as one of the better bond villains of the late 70s and 80s.
This post was edited on 6/5/22 at 12:03 am
Posted on 6/5/22 at 12:17 am to Jack Ruby
Creepiest blonde...
Posted on 6/5/22 at 12:19 am to Locoguan0
The world must be balanced. Hitler built them up, the 80’s knocked them back down.
Posted on 6/5/22 at 5:33 pm to MontyFranklyn
Stand by me aka the body
Posted on 6/5/22 at 5:39 pm to MontyFranklyn
You know why
Posted on 6/5/22 at 5:42 pm to MontyFranklyn
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White men have been under attack in the media since the 80s. In every classic 80s move the blonde white kid/guy is the antagonist.
A white male was also the protagonist in all of those movies.
Posted on 6/5/22 at 5:48 pm to Wayne Campbell
Darth Vader is blonde
Posted on 6/5/22 at 6:24 pm to MontyFranklyn
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White men have been under attack in the media since the 80s. In every classic 80s move the blonde white kid/guy is the antagonist.
There weren't enough dark greasy haired swarthy mobster movies and tv shows for you????
I'm still waiting for the rom-com or drama about a hardworking Italian-American attorney trying to balance the demands of career and family.
Posted on 6/5/22 at 6:28 pm to PowerTool
Posted on 6/5/22 at 6:49 pm to PowerTool
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I'm still waiting for the rom-com or drama about a hardworking Italian-American attorney trying to balance the demands of career and family.
Posted on 6/5/22 at 6:54 pm to PowerTool
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I'm still waiting for the rom-com or drama about a hardworking Italian-American attorney trying to balance the demands of career and family
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Tony Petrocelli is an Italian-American, Harvard-educated lawyer, who grew up in South Boston and gave up the big money and frenetic pace of major-metropolitan life to practice in a sleepy city in Arizona named San Remo (filmed in Tucson, Arizona). His wife Maggie and he live in a house trailer in the country while waiting for their new home to be built.
Posted on 6/5/22 at 7:28 pm to MontyFranklyn
The classic 80s movie
Not 1, not 2, not 3… #4
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Rocky #4
Not 1, not 2, not 3… #4
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