[NYer]

I am a BIG fan of TCM. Watch long enough and you begin to see the pattern of Hollywood's pandering to whatever was trending in a particular decade. Back up one decade to the 30's and you will find plenty of films where the characters are dealing with divorce. "The Women" from 1939 is a good example. During the 40's, Hollywood focused on war stories and the war's impact on marriage in general. The films cited by the author fall into that category. Consider, as well, "The Clock" (1945) where a G.I., en route to Europe, falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City and marries. Forward to the 50's and a new patter emerges. Marriage still prevails but we now get a peek behind the curtain to see that all is not necessarily well. Though not an award winner, the 1956 film "A Bundle of Joy" starring Debbie Reynolds and hubby, Eddie Fisher (parents of Carrie Fisher). In the film, Reynolds finds an adorable baby on the steps of a foundling home and the folks inside mistake her for the mother. Project into the 1960's and we begin to see the infiltration of the feminist movement. Sticking with the less serious performances, we meet happily married couple played by Doris Day and James Garner. "The Thrill of it All" (1964) has a contented homemaker married to a successful ob/gyn and raising 2 adorable children. When one of the physician's clients invites them for dinner, Doris Day is invited to make a commercial for their tv program. The housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life. The mid 60's marks the end of anything traditional as Hollywood begins its spiral journey downhill.

Personal analysis, ping!

[lee martell]

This was The World as we saw it, long before the terms Micro-agressions or Hetronormaitve Monopolies were cobbled together in an effort to shut people up because they don’t parrot the Cool View of the day.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Agree with the author 100% but have one issue . . . I believe the term 'baby mama' doesn't mean a single unwed mother as much as it means a single, underage, unwed mother.

[nuconvert]

Tearjerker on today - Penny Serenade

[Clemenza]

Back when you had the Hayes Code, aka a censorship code rooted in Catholic theology, placed on a heavily Jewiah industry, to influence a Protestant nation. Funny that.

[Regal]

Hollywood has always had one single agenda. Money. If they can make money on movies about Zombies, that’s what they do. If they can make money with movies about wholesome subjects, that’s what they’d make. The real Hollywood question is Chicken/Egg. Did society go rotten and Hollywood cater to it, or did Hollywood go rotten and society lap it up?