Title: The Impact of Film and Television in the 1950's Category:Literature / English Details: Words: 284 | Pages: 1.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Impact of Film and Television in the 1950's
It is amazing that so many people are deeply affected by the media and the movies. As part of our study on the impact of film on history, I have decided to examine the role of television in the 1950's.
Many sitcoms were focused around middle class, white families that concentrated many of their values around family and good morals. For example, I Love Lucy portrayed a married couple in which the husband was the one who brought home the money, while the wife was …showed first 85 words of 284 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 284 total…husbands were overseas fighting World War II. There was a large amount of women in the workforce at the end of the war, but many women came back to their subservient roles at home once their husbands returned from the war.
In conclusion, the impact of television and movies in the 50's isn't monolithic, but more of the a dual impact. It not only reflected the lifestyles of women during that time period, but it also shaped what the future for women would look like.
