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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·3 days agoBecause that’s what you had to do to get past the executives and the censors in the 1960s. Just like how “Last Train to Clarksville” is about Vietnam.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-23 days ago Just like how “Last Train to Clarksville” is about Vietnam. TIL. That is a really subtle reference (at least from the perspective of somebody born a couple of decades after the fact, anyway).
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoYeah, but the executives were terrified of any and all conflict. That’s why so many shows of that era are incredibly bland.
Because that’s what you had to do to get past the executives and the censors in the 1960s.
Just like how “Last Train to Clarksville” is about Vietnam.
TIL. That is a really subtle reference (at least from the perspective of somebody born a couple of decades after the fact, anyway).
Yeah, but the executives were terrified of any and all conflict. That’s why so many shows of that era are incredibly bland.