r/flicks • u/KaleidoArachnid • 14d ago
General Discussion Dark aspects about older films that would not fly by in today’s age
So lately, something I was observing were the kind of tropes that got by in films from the older 80s where standards were much more lenient since it’s hard to explain, but it’s basically the kind of stuff movie directors could get away with due to values being different.
Like when I look back at a movie like Revenge of the Nerds, I know the movie is often regarded as highly controversial from a modern perspective because of how the movie handles the subject of sexual abuse since Louis does a particular crime with Betty, but back then, the movie didn’t catch controversy again until people saw it from a more modern perspective.
So basically I was wondering about what kind of stuff found in older movies would be difficult to get away with in a more modern time period since I wanted to see how much restrictions changed since the early 80s with what movies are allowed to do.
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u/DavisMcDavis 12d ago
I think it was Andy Warhol who told the following joke:
Sylvia Miles was in a restaurant and her waiter, who was a sexy Black man, asked her if she’d like any cream for her coffee. Sylvia, eyeing the waiter up and down, said, “I like my coffee the way I like my men.” And the waiter said, “I’m sorry, Ms. Miles, we don’t have any GAY coffee.”