Top 10 Things in Old Hollywood Movies That Wouldn't Work Today
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Date: 2023-11-21
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Bryn
big problem with not presenting racism, misogyny, homophobia or casual attitudes towards slavery is to act as though they don't/didn't exist and thus show a sugar-coated world. It gets a bit tricky in depictions of the past; in a non-movie context, HAMILTON may deal with a heritage that belongs to all Americans, but customary multi-racial casting obscures the fact that being even slightly the wrong shade of human-brown or having the wrong language as a first one would inspire the heroes of the story to dispossess/kill/enslave you. In AMISTAD, Morgan Freeman plays a completely fictional character to misrepresent the status attainable by African-Americans in the era; it would be dead wrong to US Armed Forces in the era of segregation can't be depicted as all in it together (even in a fantasy like CAPTAIN AMERICA, limiting though this would be on the acting/extra opportunities of non-white actors.
Does the unacceptability of black/brow/yellowface means that a white European or American actor will no longer be cast as a South-west Asian, usually a baddie? 'Wrong' casting is occasionally relishable, like the Jewish and/or Gay artistes who played Nazis.
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big problem with not presenting racism, misogyny, homophobia or casual attitudes towards slavery is to act as though they don't/didn't exist and thus show a sugar-coated world. It gets a bit tricky in depictions of the past; in a non-movie context, HAMILTON may deal with a heritage that belongs to all Americans, but customary multi-racial casting obscures the fact that being even slightly the wrong shade of human-brown or having the wrong language as a first one would inspire the heroes of the story to dispossess/kill/enslave you. In AMISTAD, Morgan Freeman plays a completely fictional character to misrepresent the status attainable by African-Americans in the era; it would be dead wrong to US Armed Forces in the era of segregation can't be depicted as all in it together (even in a fantasy like CAPTAIN AMERICA, limiting though this would be on the acting/extra opportunities of non-white actors.
Does the unacceptability of black/brow/yellowface means that a white European or American actor will no longer be cast as a South-west Asian, usually a baddie? 'Wrong' casting is occasionally relishable, like the Jewish and/or Gay artistes who played Nazis.
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Rimshot22
So people who lived 80 years ago should have known better? In future generations, today's movies will be judged and found lacking too. Is it any better to make pictures where women are tough and smart and every man is dumb, evil, or useless? They are common today. Also, many Hispanic actors like Ricardo Montalban, John Seda, and John Leguizamo have portrayed Caucasians. Even Meghan Markle has portrayed Caucasian women (not black women passing as white. Hispanics are a culture, not a race. They come in all colors. My own Puerto Rican wife of 47 years is Spanish, Arab, Black, Native American, and even 3% Chinese. When ignorant people used to ask me what she was (and not all of them were white, I replied, A woman. Yes, those 10 things were wrong, but we should not be sanctimonious. As for the age gap, I'm glad it isn't as common in today's movies. But many actors and actresses continue to marry much younger people in real life.
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So people who lived 80 years ago should have known better? In future generations, today's movies will be judged and found lacking too. Is it any better to make pictures where women are tough and smart and every man is dumb, evil, or useless? They are common today. Also, many Hispanic actors like Ricardo Montalban, John Seda, and John Leguizamo have portrayed Caucasians. Even Meghan Markle has portrayed Caucasian women (not black women passing as white. Hispanics are a culture, not a race. They come in all colors. My own Puerto Rican wife of 47 years is Spanish, Arab, Black, Native American, and even 3% Chinese. When ignorant people used to ask me what she was (and not all of them were white, I replied, A woman. Yes, those 10 things were wrong, but we should not be sanctimonious. As for the age gap, I'm glad it isn't as common in today's movies. But many actors and actresses continue to marry much younger people in real life.
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giiingeeer81
1: 21? Seriously? Movies still do age gaps A LOOOOOT, hello!
Silver Linings Playbook
I Love Trouble
Entrapment
Magic in the Moonlight
Edge of Tomorrow
As Good as It Gets
The Island
Mother's Day
Lost in Translation
Indecent Proposal
A Perfect Murder
Something's Gotta Give
Six Days, Seven Nights
Gangster Squad
And pretty much every recent Steve Carell movie!
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1: 21? Seriously? Movies still do age gaps A LOOOOOT, hello!
Silver Linings Playbook
I Love Trouble
Entrapment
Magic in the Moonlight
Edge of Tomorrow
As Good as It Gets
The Island
Mother's Day
Lost in Translation
Indecent Proposal
A Perfect Murder
Something's Gotta Give
Six Days, Seven Nights
Gangster Squad
And pretty much every recent Steve Carell movie!
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Jacob
Amazing video Rebecca from ms mojo & watch mojo of old Hollywood that was aloud back then but not happening in woke modern Hollywood today, fantastic job. There was few LGBTQ+ in old Hollywood mostly keep it hush hush and there was to many LGBTQ+ culture in tv and movies in woke modern Hollywood today. Sometimes its get tiring to watch sometimes etc.
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Amazing video Rebecca from ms mojo & watch mojo of old Hollywood that was aloud back then but not happening in woke modern Hollywood today, fantastic job. There was few LGBTQ+ in old Hollywood mostly keep it hush hush and there was to many LGBTQ+ culture in tv and movies in woke modern Hollywood today. Sometimes its get tiring to watch sometimes etc.
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B. L
It's kind of funny and encouraging watching some of these movies with youngsters, because they're quick to notice and be appalled by a lot of what wouldn't fly with their generation today. That said, I wouldn't want to whitewash any of those films for that very reason, it's good for them to see how far things have come and still to go.
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It's kind of funny and encouraging watching some of these movies with youngsters, because they're quick to notice and be appalled by a lot of what wouldn't fly with their generation today. That said, I wouldn't want to whitewash any of those films for that very reason, it's good for them to see how far things have come and still to go.
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Saania
I'm probably going to kick the hornet's nest here, though no disrespect is intended, but why doesn't hollywood ever portray the asian or white slaves, etc? Like, maybe even a film depicting where the origin of the word slave or slavic even came from? I think it's important to see all sides of the terrible industry, you know?
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I'm probably going to kick the hornet's nest here, though no disrespect is intended, but why doesn't hollywood ever portray the asian or white slaves, etc? Like, maybe even a film depicting where the origin of the word slave or slavic even came from? I think it's important to see all sides of the terrible industry, you know?
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Brian
Not that I'm defending it but the remark that blackface etc started with minstrels is American ethnocentrism since it dates back at least to Shakespeare's Othello. Not being American I associate it more with amateur dramatics and small repertory companies and thus it's more low rent than racist to me.
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Not that I'm defending it but the remark that blackface etc started with minstrels is American ethnocentrism since it dates back at least to Shakespeare's Othello. Not being American I associate it more with amateur dramatics and small repertory companies and thus it's more low rent than racist to me.
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Chris
You can be so agecist. Yeah, that's a thing. Saying iy wouldn't work today because he'd older. Age discrimination is wrong, mister so SJW you rather say Unhoused over homeless. As an older guy. As long as both are consenting adults age does not matter.
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You can be so agecist. Yeah, that's a thing. Saying iy wouldn't work today because he'd older. Age discrimination is wrong, mister so SJW you rather say Unhoused over homeless. As an older guy. As long as both are consenting adults age does not matter.
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The#1MagaGeneral
Reaching really badly on this list just so you can play the race card. At least these older films have a better sense of storytelling than these woke modern films that have no story just forced diversity.
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Reaching really badly on this list just so you can play the race card. At least these older films have a better sense of storytelling than these woke modern films that have no story just forced diversity.
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Ken
Does anyone see the irony? Hollywood taught us the sins, then turned around and condemned us for committing them; then, politicians picked up on the scam with the woke culture. Nothing new under the sun. KDM
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Does anyone see the irony? Hollywood taught us the sins, then turned around and condemned us for committing them; then, politicians picked up on the scam with the woke culture. Nothing new under the sun. KDM
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Joshua
10: 00 kinda like Snow White being played by Rachel Zegler now? Or a ginger being racebended to be an African American character which happens entirely too often. The reverse is just happening now.
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10: 00 kinda like Snow White being played by Rachel Zegler now? Or a ginger being racebended to be an African American character which happens entirely too often. The reverse is just happening now.
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Ray
I'm from Brazil
And I see stuff like this in movies and TV shows all the time
The entertainment here has such a low production quality that people are used to it, and so they don't do a thing
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I'm from Brazil
And I see stuff like this in movies and TV shows all the time
The entertainment here has such a low production quality that people are used to it, and so they don't do a thing
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Joshua
Old Hollywood was progressive in breaking down barriers in terms of black actors and Asian actors paving the way for now. You even admit that and the women actors breaking down barriers too.
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Old Hollywood was progressive in breaking down barriers in terms of black actors and Asian actors paving the way for now. You even admit that and the women actors breaking down barriers too.
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kelley
Holiday Inn is a wonderful movie that has some horrible ideas. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a vacation destination that celebrates all the holidays without misogyny and blackface.
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Holiday Inn is a wonderful movie that has some horrible ideas. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a vacation destination that celebrates all the holidays without misogyny and blackface.
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Dan_Gaming_Fan
The fact that their was a time when blackface and pretending to be other races was not only normal but considered entertaining, really drives home how far we've come since.
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The fact that their was a time when blackface and pretending to be other races was not only normal but considered entertaining, really drives home how far we've come since.
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roadtravel
What about language. They do not swear or curse explicitly in old movies as far as I know. They maintain some dignity or style, which might be taken for hypocrisy these days.
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What about language. They do not swear or curse explicitly in old movies as far as I know. They maintain some dignity or style, which might be taken for hypocrisy these days.
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Ryan?
Fun Fact: The Reason Roger Moore retired from being James Bond was because he was getting uncomfortable with the age gap between him and the actresses playing his love interests.
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Fun Fact: The Reason Roger Moore retired from being James Bond was because he was getting uncomfortable with the age gap between him and the actresses playing his love interests.
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Hannah
The one that Audrey Hepburn I think it was it was where it or not using that kind of reminds you of crawled of the week a lot Carella Deville Carella Deville Kua Corella cruella
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The one that Audrey Hepburn I think it was it was where it or not using that kind of reminds you of crawled of the week a lot Carella Deville Carella Deville Kua Corella cruella
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Azo
I still love many of these movies like The Quiet Man, Stagecoach, River Of No Return, Jezebel, and Viva Zapata while acknowledging their outdated elements.
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I still love many of these movies like The Quiet Man, Stagecoach, River Of No Return, Jezebel, and Viva Zapata while acknowledging their outdated elements.
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Joshua
Watch Mojo has contributed to my old Hollywood kick ever since the strikes began because I feel like were about to enter a new new era of Hollywood.
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Watch Mojo has contributed to my old Hollywood kick ever since the strikes began because I feel like were about to enter a new new era of Hollywood.
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Joshua
Theres age gaps between actors now in movies and outside of movies too on both sides too. So thats a hypocritical thing to bash old Hollywood about.
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Theres age gaps between actors now in movies and outside of movies too on both sides too. So thats a hypocritical thing to bash old Hollywood about.
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Trina
It still feels odd to see people smoking indoors or around children in old movies, even those made in fairly recent times, such as the 80's or 90's.
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It still feels odd to see people smoking indoors or around children in old movies, even those made in fairly recent times, such as the 80's or 90's.
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sidontae
well technically the black face brown face yellow face is still going on today in hollywood look at robert downey jr in tropic thunder
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well technically the black face brown face yellow face is still going on today in hollywood look at robert downey jr in tropic thunder
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Micah
A movie casting all white people is not offensive.
A movie casting white people doing black, brown, or yellow faceTHAT is offensive.
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A movie casting all white people is not offensive.
A movie casting white people doing black, brown, or yellow faceTHAT is offensive.
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Sting
Yeah, I watched the classic Disney Peter Pan with my daughter. My wife and I both squirmed when what does the red man do song came on.
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Yeah, I watched the classic Disney Peter Pan with my daughter. My wife and I both squirmed when what does the red man do song came on.
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Storyteller
You're using the pairing of Bacall and Bogie as something that wouldn't work today? Seriously--it worked wonderfully for them.
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You're using the pairing of Bacall and Bogie as something that wouldn't work today? Seriously--it worked wonderfully for them.
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Joshua
I find it ironic that old Hollywood was so homophobic considering how many of the big big names of the time were in fact openly gay
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I find it ironic that old Hollywood was so homophobic considering how many of the big big names of the time were in fact openly gay
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Pan_Head
Surprised that the treatment of animals wasn't on this list. It honestly makes some of those common scenes tough to watch
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Surprised that the treatment of animals wasn't on this list. It honestly makes some of those common scenes tough to watch
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Joshua
Song of the South isnt about slavery its about sharecroppers post Civil War. What part of that is so hard to comprehend?
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Song of the South isnt about slavery its about sharecroppers post Civil War. What part of that is so hard to comprehend?
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Hannah
Actually its not technically true good lotta people smoke even today even if theyre in even if they will die during it
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Actually its not technically true good lotta people smoke even today even if theyre in even if they will die during it
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