• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    2 days ago

    Because that’s what you had to do to get past the executives and the censors in the 1960s.

    Just like how “Last Train to Clarksville” is about Vietnam.

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      1 day ago

      Just like how “Last Train to Clarksville” is about Vietnam.

      TIL. That is a really subtle reference (at least from the perspective of somebody born a couple of decades after the fact, anyway).

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        Yeah, but the executives were terrified of any and all conflict. That’s why so many shows of that era are incredibly bland.