Way back in the day, there was a movement in Europe to revive classical antiquity. That movement was called The Renaissance.
I've recently begun to notice a revival of the 80's. A couple of years ago there was another Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie(although it wasn't very good), The Transformers are back, and the Smurfs have made it to the movie theater. Star Wars is doing great with the younger generation because of the Clone Wars...and these are just movies. T.V. shows and pop music are even bringing back the 80's.
We currently live in a time called post-modernism. We have named ourselves. But, we keep looking to the past and commemorating it, probably because our own reality is not very pleasant. However, if reality is perception, why not perceive a better one?
Yeah, I love the costumes of the Renaissance in movies, but I wouldn't want to dress like that, and I certainly don't want to go back to that way of thinking about the world.
ReplyDeleteI'll take po-mo any day, as long as it doesn't lead me backwards.
K. Smith
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