Thursday, October 1, 2009

Singing in the Rain vs. A Clockwork Orange

Well. I think many things happened between the production of Singing in the Rain and A Clockwork Orange.
A clockwork orange was made in a time of war, drugs and young adult rebellion. Boys were burning their draft cards and the youth was completely sepearated from the generation of their parents. The 50's were all about the perfect family and the perfect home. Even if things weren't perfect, people idealized and pretended they were. The hippies however suring the 60's and early 70's, were adamant about expressing their beliefs and protesting ideas they were against. They were also heavily opinionated on peace and free love. Sex was suddenly not taboo to talk about. Leaders such as JFK and MLK Junior were assasinated. The years were also under the influence of many hallucinogenics and other drugs which I think is blatent in a clockwork orange.

Things changed so fast between the 50's and 60's that by the time a clockwork orange was produced morals completely varied depending on what generation people were a part of. The parody of Singing in the Rain in a clockwork orange reflects how the youth of the 60's and early 70's were parodying their parents generation overall.

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