Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...come to mind when you hear that phrase. Fun at the hop, fun at the local hamburger joint, fun at the beach with Annette Funicello. Just plain old good times as America enjoyed peace and prosperity. Even Ike, the first dad-president, could spend his time playing golf. Nothing seemed too serious. Letter sweaters and class rings were the concerns of the day, as swarms of teenage boys tried to make out with reluctant gum-chewing teenage girls. Considering, though, that these "fabulous '50s" turned into the "turbulent '60s," it would seem that America suddenly woke up one morning...
...cutsey offbeat things that were occuring in this country, you can see that these undercurrents were very strong, heralding whirlpools ahead. One of the best examples of this is the strange phenomenon of James Dean. Dean, who has survived in a few cryptic songs and three movies, does not seem to have made of an impact on the collective memory of the '50s, but at the time his impact on a generation of people growing up in America was quite strong. Like Brando, Dean's characters were vaguely discontented with the way things were in this country. But Dean spoke...
...actually be explored. But Bridges constantly refuses to take the Dean cultists seriously. The film follows a college student on the day Dean died, follows him through his torment over Dean's death which eventually leads him to leave school and his superficial friends. But on the way Bridges seems to keep insisting that, hey, didn't these people act foolish--he focuses on the superficial actions of the characters. His main character expresses his torment by driving to a river, covering himself with dirt, and holding a seance complete with an Academy Award made of mud. His idiocy...
...have trouble policing the dress code, especially among the younger members," Duane Chenier, executive assistant manager, says, but violators seem few and far between...
...forces seem to be at work in the club today. On the one hand, the older graduates see the club as a social gathering place, an oasis of old Ivy League gentility in the hubbub of New York. To these members, the Harvard Club is much like a final club in Cambridge, a place to meet their kind of people...