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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Pop Culture's Impact on Our Kids: Past & Present

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