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  1. PrettySquareGal

    The Lure of Opulent Desolation

    I think my blindness to this (and thanks for the lesson, truly!) is that I spend so much time with actual source material from the time that I am quite literal in my interpretation of the period. I really am not at all versed in the various labels given to the general time in retrospect, other...
  2. PrettySquareGal

    The Lure of Opulent Desolation

    I forgot to mention that point. I was at a loss as to how she defines the fifties as anything other than 1950-1959. But maybe I am not learned enough to understand the subtext of numbers.
  3. PrettySquareGal

    The Lure of Opulent Desolation

    I acknowledged my misunderstanding many posts back, check it: http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showpost.php?p=704856&postcount=37
  4. PrettySquareGal

    The Lure of Opulent Desolation

    Or at least reach maturity which recognizes ideals for what they are-goals and not measurements of success.
  5. PrettySquareGal

    The Lure of Opulent Desolation

    I was curious about her other writing, and found some of the reviews (non-paid) of her book say similar things as some of us are about her style: One star: http://www.amazon.com/review/product/1573223042/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_1?_encoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addOneStar All...
  7. PrettySquareGal

    The Lure of Opulent Desolation

    Yep. She finds such projected desolation alluring, based upon her chosen title of this series of sentences she places on people.
  8. PrettySquareGal

    Time Warner customers may lose TV Land

    Good to know!!
  9. PrettySquareGal

    Time Warner customers may lose TV Land

    My ultimate goal is to own all of the sitcoms on DVD. So far I have (of seasons released) Ozzie & Harriet, Donna Read, Leave it to Beaver, Father Knows Best. I have loads more I want to add. Then, I want to get a 50's TV and rig it to the DVD player....if possible.....?
  10. PrettySquareGal

    The Lure of Opulent Desolation

    I don't know if that's true.
  11. PrettySquareGal

    The Lure of Opulent Desolation

    I did take umbrage at first, too until I reminded myself that those lacking in those manners you mention are not very socially intelligent, or may believe themselves exempt. If you and I are to be cast as philistines, at least we are polite. ;)
  13. PrettySquareGal

    The Lure of Opulent Desolation

    I wish she would have taken a confident stand and presented her own opinion in a clear and concise manner rather than obfuscating it with wishy washy pedantic tripe. The article reads like a stream of consciousness to me.
  14. PrettySquareGal

    The Lure of Opulent Desolation

    Speaking of the dark side of human nature in the 50s entertainment, the Twilight Zone marathon is on the Sci Fi Channel right now. Rod Serling is one of my favorite misanthropes. TZ portrayed everyday people in situations that usually highlight the base desires of people in suburbia, but it was...
  15. PrettySquareGal

    Time Warner customers may lose TV Land

    I watch Andy Griffith and I Love Lucy on it. I can't afford to buy all of the DVDs just yet. I agree it isn't what it used to be, but right now, it's all I've got for two of my favs!
  16. PrettySquareGal

    The Lure of Opulent Desolation

    That's not what I hear from the people who were there. I do not share your view that something has to be seamy to be a good, authentic and compelling story, I guess you didn't grow up watching Disney movies that are still raking in the bucks today. Happy endings were some of Hollywood's...
  17. PrettySquareGal

    Time Warner customers may lose TV Land

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081231/ap_on_bi_ge/viacom_time_warner_cable :(
  19. PrettySquareGal

    The Lure of Opulent Desolation

    It invited and encouraged women to examine and question their personal decisions to make conscious choices about how they wish to live.
  20. PrettySquareGal

    The Lure of Opulent Desolation

    YES!
  21. PrettySquareGal

    The Lure of Opulent Desolation

    I get that, I do, but that method of putting others down to feel better is a perfect example of the ills of today as others have mentioned. Instead of asking "what can we learn from the past to make today better" the method of the Mad Men writers et al is to demonize that which some perceive as...
  22. PrettySquareGal

    The Lure of Opulent Desolation

    Baron- I agree that here I incorrectly attributed these sentiments to the author and not books and shows on which she is commenting.
  23. PrettySquareGal

    The Lure of Opulent Desolation

    RIGHT. The stereotypes are not the full story. But the act of oversimplifying and vilifying a perception of something which then becomes nothing like what it really was (and that is what the author is talking about, no? That Mad Men, for example, is not really the way life was [and I have it on...

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