The Waltons would certainly been Roosevelt Democrats. The show was set in West Virginia, starting in the thirties. That was only a decade or so after the Blair Mountain War.
The Waltons would certainly been Roosevelt Democrats. The show was set in West Virginia, starting in the thirties. That was only a decade or so after the Blair Mountain War.
I've never seen the show but I read up a little after reading your response. The author of the article said that the Waltons were a mix with some conservatives and some Roosevelt Democrats but that the politics of the show were progressive (duh)
Yes it was definitely of the times but more subtle messaging and certainly not in every episode. You have to remember it was out alongside Good Times, All in the Family, Maude etc. Most people were moderate conservatives, that included me. Liberals werenтАЩt that different. Even тАШthe graduateтАЩ and тАШlove storyтАЩ and тАШthe way we wereтАЩ were films made by progressives but the characters in those films got married.
In 'The Graduate' the main characters did not get married. He broke up her wedding after she was married to the other guy and they escaped. The final shot implies they don't have a bright future.
In 'The Way We Were' wasn't it the same thing, brief affair then he marries someone else?
That said, obviously I agree that political messaging has become more ham fisted and it's one of the reasons for so much of it sucking.
Yes you are correct I suppose seeing her in a wedding dress on the bus fogged my memory. I also thought they did get married in twww, but perhaps you are right. I was going by memory. IтАЩll have to look that one up. They were getting married younger and at higher rates during that time.
The Waltons would certainly been Roosevelt Democrats. The show was set in West Virginia, starting in the thirties. That was only a decade or so after the Blair Mountain War.
I've never seen the show but I read up a little after reading your response. The author of the article said that the Waltons were a mix with some conservatives and some Roosevelt Democrats but that the politics of the show were progressive (duh)
Yes it was definitely of the times but more subtle messaging and certainly not in every episode. You have to remember it was out alongside Good Times, All in the Family, Maude etc. Most people were moderate conservatives, that included me. Liberals werenтАЩt that different. Even тАШthe graduateтАЩ and тАШlove storyтАЩ and тАШthe way we wereтАЩ were films made by progressives but the characters in those films got married.
In 'The Graduate' the main characters did not get married. He broke up her wedding after she was married to the other guy and they escaped. The final shot implies they don't have a bright future.
In 'The Way We Were' wasn't it the same thing, brief affair then he marries someone else?
That said, obviously I agree that political messaging has become more ham fisted and it's one of the reasons for so much of it sucking.
Yes you are correct I suppose seeing her in a wedding dress on the bus fogged my memory. I also thought they did get married in twww, but perhaps you are right. I was going by memory. IтАЩll have to look that one up. They were getting married younger and at higher rates during that time.
Virginia not West
YouтАЩre correct, I should have checked. I remember watching The Homecoming as a little boy. My mother loved that show.
I saw SpencerтАЩs Mountain a few years later and thought it seemed an awful lot like The Waltons with bigger mountains.
Pleasant memories.