# What movie would you show to somene from the 1950s?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 8, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-show-to-somene-from-the-1950s/147373 "2003-01-08T21:27:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-show-to-somene-from-the-1950s/147373/61 "2003-01-14T19:40:05Z")

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By the way… I _know_ how to spell “Requiem”…

It was just that I _accidently_ typed in “Requium” which is, as anyone knows, a completely\* proper \*word but it means something utterly nasty and we won’t talk about it ever again…

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-show-to-somene-from-the-1950s/147373/62 "2003-01-18T07:33:07Z")

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Here’s what I think would happen if we showed a person from the 1950s some of the movies suggested here. Back in the 1950s, films about outer space rockets, trolls and wizards, and comic book heros were mostly intended for children and unsophisticated adults. Yes, a person from the 1950s would be amazed at the progress of special effects. But beyond that initial interest, the lingering feeling the 1950s person would have is that the film _mainstream_ of 2003 was being controlled by adolescents. That films about adults doing adult things, that didn’t require explosions and special effects, had been quietly relegated to awards shows, and weren’t considered box office attractions any more.

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**Author:** ![Objector](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c68b51/32.png) [@Objector](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Objector)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-would-you-show-to-somene-from-the-1950s/147373/63 "2003-01-18T18:23:28Z")

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Apocalypse Now.

Get ready to see what your government is going to do to your children, baby.

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