For some reason I was sitting here thinking, has pop
culture changed because kids and society have changed…or have kids and society
changed because pop culture has changed.
Let’s take a look at how certain aspects of pop culture are different now
as compared to when I grew up…and you can be the judge.
Teen dilemma in a
TV Show
·
Then: “Mom always said, don’t play ball in the
house” – Brady Bunch
·
Now: Freshman Amy, juggles being a young parent
while entering High School as a Freshman – The Secret
Life of The American Teenage
Message in Rap
Lyrics
·
Then: “Superman looked up at me and said I
rocked so naturally” – Newcleus
· Now: “@!#$ the FBI and @!#$ all the Army Troops..." - Soulja Boy
Video Game Villain
·
Then: Donkey Kong
·
Now: Nazis
Celebrity trying
to be a singer
·
Then: Eddie Murphy “Party All The Time”
·
Now: Paris Hilton or maybe Kim Kardashian – Oh
wait, I said celebrity
Risque’ Poster
·
Then: Farrah Faucet in full one piece bathing
suit sitting down
·
Now: Megan Fox dressed in, well nothing but her
Megan Foxiness
Time for the news
·
Then: 5 o'clock news stations reporting…well,
actual news
·
Now: 24/7 opinion stations that report, I am not
exactly sure – but they are loud when they do it
Reality Television
·
Then: The same 5 o’clock news channel
·
Now: “Who’s my Daddy?” A show where an adoptive
woman tries to guess who her daddy is as 20 men pretend to care about her and
convince her that they are her dad to win $100K
Movie Sequel
·
Then: The Empire Strikes Back
·
Now: That one with the sparkly vampire
Young girls “rebellious”
clothing
·
Then: The Jennifer Beals' Flash Dance off the
shoulder sweatshirt and leg warmers
·
Now: Short skirts with thongs (short skirts optional)
Four letter
greeting
·
Then: “Word”
·
Now: “YOLO”
College Coach’s
Bad Decision
·
Then: Indiana coach Bobby Knight throws a chair
on the basketball court
·
Now: Penn State coaches throw away their humanity
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