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Sanity Claws

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7. Is that really the question?

Reply to Athenapallas (Original post)

Wed Oct 10, 2018, 09:04 PM

Oct 2018

I see the question as, how did the two of you put so much into an argument over a show that is more 60 years old?

Anyway, addressing the question you did ask, I see nothing wrong with analyzing a show and seeing the underlying cultural assumptions behind it. The underlying cultural assumptions have changed in the interim 60 years.
No one said the show should be burned or banned. People just finally see things that were there all along.

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Honeymooners shaming [View all] Athenapallas Oct 2018 OP

Textbook example of 'presentism'- judging past events as though they were in the present. X_Digger Oct 2018 #1

I don't know about your larger question... clementine613 Oct 2018 #2

I think a lot of us are working things out with our family and friends on social media. aikoaiko Oct 2018 #3

Thank you I will. You make a good point Athenapallas Oct 2018 #6

Entirely agree with your take on "The Honeymooners". And, no, we should not judge 60 year Atticus Oct 2018 #4

I hate those 1930s - 40s spanky our gang shows. the black kids were Demovictory9 Oct 2018 #22

The Honeymooners is one of the best shows ever. BlueTsunami2018 Oct 2018 #5

Is that really the question? Sanity Claws Oct 2018 #7

She aS in her post. I told her my view point then the block came Athenapallas Oct 2018 #8

Dispute resolution is in order. Talk with your friend and say you both over... brush Oct 2018 #9

I find myself cringing at a lot of pop culture stuff from as recently as the 90's RockRaven Oct 2018 #10

As a sensitive kid, I was not bothered by Ralph's outbursts but refused to watch 3 Stooges violence wishstar Oct 2018 #11

The 3 Stooges was more like fake comedic violence though Polybius Oct 2018 #17

I loved the Honeymooners as a kid growing up thucythucy Oct 2018 #12

America's Funniest Videos type shows love folks getting hit in the crotch. keithbvadu2 Oct 2018 #13

Sorry, I have to agree that he was abusive. WhiteTara Oct 2018 #14

People knew what abuse was then as well as they do now. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2018 #15

In think some people are so stupid they get the wrong idea about Ralph, or others, Hoyt Oct 2018 #16

I always found his treatment of his wife upsetting. bobbieinok Oct 2018 #18

never understood what she ever saw in him that made her marry him nt msongs Oct 2018 #19

She sounds a bit abusive herself nini Oct 2018 #20

Both characters were abusive and in a toxic relationship. Coventina Oct 2018 #21

I never really cared for the "bang zoom to the moon" thing but Raine Oct 2018 #23