See? I'm not the only one
I'm not the only one who waxes nostalgic for 80s pop culture. In the WaPo, Liz Kelly blogs about "'80s Movies, the Perfect Vintage". I agree with her and really do think the teen movies were much better back then... but I guess I don't have a lot of expertise in contemporary teen movies.
I alo think she has it right when she says: "In the '80s, I think we paid more attention to the on-screen characters being portrayed by the brat pack than to the gossip surrounding them... The focus now seems to be on the off-screen antics of stars like Lohan and the ever-tabloid-present Olsen twins."
But I guess that all goes hand-in-hand with reality TV. The more we blur the line between entertainment and real life, well, the more that people's "real lives" will be viewed as entertainment.
I alo think she has it right when she says: "In the '80s, I think we paid more attention to the on-screen characters being portrayed by the brat pack than to the gossip surrounding them... The focus now seems to be on the off-screen antics of stars like Lohan and the ever-tabloid-present Olsen twins."
But I guess that all goes hand-in-hand with reality TV. The more we blur the line between entertainment and real life, well, the more that people's "real lives" will be viewed as entertainment.
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