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growyourwingsI watched episode 5 today and again it's gripping me but I can't. Figure. Out. Why? So I went online to see what people are saying about this thing.
I'm not sure if it's "style" only? The shows been praised for it's realistic set and costume design.
Or if it's about how it uses what is supposedly an innocent and "better" age to draw attention to the reality of human beings (not innocent or better) and to draw parallels to today.
Or is it just (despite what is likely over-exaggeration of mores of that age) that it shows how far we've come.
Like smoking *everywhere*!
Like kids playing inside plastic dry-cleaning bags and the mother getting upset because the kid may have dumped clean clothes on the ground.
Like kids loose and playing all over the place inside a car while it's driving.
Like drinking in an office at any hour.
Like the mothers wearing dresses all the time and having dinner on the table when their man comes home.
Like the obvious anti-jew, anti-minority behavior.
Like how wives are clueless and don't care about finances (other than being provided for).
Like a mother worrying that a daughter may have gotten a scar on her face which would significantly affect her future (but if the son got a scar--no problem.)
Like a divorcee moving in the neighborhood and how all the wives view her with extreme distrust.
Like how one wife may be developing some kind of physical illness (maybe MS?) but she is sent to a psychiatrist.
I know that this is likely somehow exaggerated. But there's a part of me too that wonders how *much* it is exaggerated. I can see myself in those innocent (and I do really mean innocent) kids running around in those houses. I can see myself *so much*. So maybe the adults of that age were more like these characters than I knew back when I was a kid. I was the same age as those kids when these stories took place.
I'm not sure if it's "style" only? The shows been praised for it's realistic set and costume design.
Or if it's about how it uses what is supposedly an innocent and "better" age to draw attention to the reality of human beings (not innocent or better) and to draw parallels to today.
Or is it just (despite what is likely over-exaggeration of mores of that age) that it shows how far we've come.
Like smoking *everywhere*!
Like kids playing inside plastic dry-cleaning bags and the mother getting upset because the kid may have dumped clean clothes on the ground.
Like kids loose and playing all over the place inside a car while it's driving.
Like drinking in an office at any hour.
Like the mothers wearing dresses all the time and having dinner on the table when their man comes home.
Like the obvious anti-jew, anti-minority behavior.
Like how wives are clueless and don't care about finances (other than being provided for).
Like a mother worrying that a daughter may have gotten a scar on her face which would significantly affect her future (but if the son got a scar--no problem.)
Like a divorcee moving in the neighborhood and how all the wives view her with extreme distrust.
Like how one wife may be developing some kind of physical illness (maybe MS?) but she is sent to a psychiatrist.
I know that this is likely somehow exaggerated. But there's a part of me too that wonders how *much* it is exaggerated. I can see myself in those innocent (and I do really mean innocent) kids running around in those houses. I can see myself *so much*. So maybe the adults of that age were more like these characters than I knew back when I was a kid. I was the same age as those kids when these stories took place.
