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re: Has any movie star ever had the run of John Travolta from 1977-1980?
Posted on 2/4/24 at 3:32 pm to RonLaFlamme
Posted on 2/4/24 at 3:32 pm to RonLaFlamme
A movie becoming a revered classic and a movie having cultural influence are 2 different discussions. Indiana Jones is my all time favorite movie character, but people across the nation weren’t walking around with a bullwhip on their hip searching for treasures afterwards.
It’s not generational bias, it’s generational knowledge- if you weren’t from that generation you didn’t witness what occurred.
It’s not generational bias, it’s generational knowledge- if you weren’t from that generation you didn’t witness what occurred.
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Posted on 2/5/24 at 12:02 am to TigrrrDad
quote:Offhand, I can only think of a few others...
A movie becoming a revered classic and a movie having cultural influence are 2 different discussions. Indiana Jones is my all time favorite movie character, but people across the nation weren’t walking around with a bullwhip on their hip searching for treasures afterwards.
It’s not generational bias, it’s generational knowledge- if you weren’t from that generation you didn’t witness what occurred.
Selleck from Magnum, Johnson from Miami Vice both had lots of people dressing like them.
Biggest might be Tom Cruise in the 80's. Every guy wanted to be him, and every gal wanted him. Risky Business did wonders for the Wayfarer sales, I'm sure. Everyone bought a bomber jacket after Top Gun.
Posted on 2/5/24 at 9:47 am to TigrrrDad
quote:I'm from that generation. Saturday Night Fever and Urban Cowboy moved culture (UC more on a regional basis) but Grease didn't turn bars and night clubs into 50's Sock Hops. Soundtracks topping the charts does not equal cultural change.
It’s not generational bias, it’s generational knowledge- if you weren’t from that generation you didn’t witness what occurred.
(And high schools began having 50's dances after American Graffiti and Happy Days made the scene. They were nothing new in '78.)
Travolta did have a short, intense run.
Posted on 2/5/24 at 9:47 am to TigrrrDad
quote:so how do you know that there’s not been any movies that influenced young adult culture the same way those movies did since you aren’t from those later generations?
It’s not generational bias, it’s generational knowledge- if you weren’t from that generation you didn’t witness what occurred.
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