Good ol’ days

Right now you’re probably asking yourself, “Self? Why does tinsel town like to raise malaise these days?” Well, if you were around in the late ‘60s, you might recall that’s when a slow and subtle moral deterioration began to infiltrate the American entertainment industry. And as the years crept by, TV and movies shrewdly and rudely increased more and more dreadful, deplorable depravity … replacing thought-provoking conversation with “low as you can go gutter mutter.” All this numbskull “plot free” nonsense has caused an increase of gratuitous explosions and flaming gun barrels to make sure the film is long enough. In the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s, we were treated to superb writing, acting and directing with both drama and comedy plots dreamed up by clever, clear minds and remarkable imaginations. And America loved it! (Even without the “must hear” obscene language.) Who is to blame for all the shame? “Hollywood be thy name.”