drunk driving and mushrooms
Yeah they treat drunk driving pretty lightly in this grade Z classic. And where the hell did that song come from? I love it.
"Laugh, children laugh, the Lord said Laugh children laugh..."
what a cheesy scene that was!
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Laugh if you must, but, it still wasn't nearly as schmaltzy as that "A Very Brady Christmas Special" of a number of years ago.
shareDrunk Driving wasnt anywhere near the taboo it is now. One big thing to remember, too, was in MANY areas there werent nearly the amount of cars there are now. Traffic was very sparse even in some of the more populated areas. I hear my aunts, uncles, and parents tell stories about being in cars with people wasted, or friends that left the pub and things would happen to them. Again, there wouldnt be many people on the road they'd always mention. It wasnt even given a second thought if the person could see---AND---they would get pulled over at times, and the police would just tell the drunk to SLOW DOWN! The 1950's were a different time, suprised people would joke about it being treated light. I think in even the most liberal areas would people start railing against it, but you see lots of movies all the way into the late 70's treat drunk driving like it was no big deal.
share In the past Americans were expected use good judgment, excercise self control, and behave responsibly and the law reflected that. That included being expected to know when they had had too much to drink to drive safely and to not get behind the wheel. Too many didn't do that which is not surprising since alcohol impairs judgement.
I don't understand why liberals would be more tolerant of drunk driving than anyone else. It's more likely a liberal would demand that something be done to prevent drunk driving accidents. The political right has been successful in implanting the notion in peoples minds that everything "bad" is by and of liberals while everything "good" comes from conservatives.
Maybe a misconception, but it seems like back then when there was an fatal accident involving drunk driving, the driver usually hit a tree or something.
shareThere's the scene in Hitchcock's North By Northwest, where the bad guys pour most of a bottle of scotch down Cary Grant's throat, then send him off in a car down a winding road, with the idea that he'll run off the road and die, and it'll look like an accident. It all ends up with just a fender bender, and he gets arrested. He tries to argue with the authorities, but his mother shakes her head and says, "Just pay the two dollars!" I can't think of a scene in any movie which causes me more cognitive dissonance that that one, since the consequences of reckless driving while intoxicated today would be a WHOLE lot more than a two-dollar fine!
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"A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five."
It was a different time back then. You could get drunk and drive with no more punishment than a slap on the wrist. Smoking was cool, and you could give your secretary a slap on the rear and all she would do was smile at you.
The good ol' days to be sure.
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I'm just a patsy!
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I've heard stories from friends' parents about driving in the 60s or 70s after having had a little too much to drink. From what I understand sometimes if a cop pulled you over back then and you were drunk he would follow you home to make sure you got there okay.
Of course...the police back then fulfilled their duty "to serve and protect" whereas now it seems the motto should be "to bust yo asses".
Not that I'm endorsing drunk driving or anything like that - but our government makes it legal to buy products that impair your judgment and then cracks down on people for drinking it.
but our government makes it legal to buy products that impair your judgment and then cracks down on people for drinking it.
you are free to imbibe. you are responsible for your safety and the safety of others. its a fair and reasonable system. do not blame government for people being careless and stupid. they make their own choices. what more do you ask for?
I do not blame government for people being careless and stupid, but I do question the logic of the government itself. I live in Pennsylvania, where the state controls liquor sales. So they're profiting off of the sale of alcohol, and they've lowered the legal blood/alcohol level to such a ridiculously low amount that you can be arrested for "drunk driving" when you don't even feel buzzed. It's just an absurd system, as far as I'm concerned. The state profits from selling booze, and then the taxpayers get to supply room and board for the "criminals" that get busted.
As far as our federal government is concerned, it's a gigantic, bloated monstrosity that can't even keep itself running. Certainly I can blame the members of our government for being careless and stupid themselves.
I'm pretty sure the "just pay the two dollars" line in NXNW was just a figure of speech.
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there werent nearly the amount of cars there are now. Traffic was very sparse even in some of the more populated areas
it must have been nice to have so fewer people and so fewer cars everywhere. on some streets, even in little towns, the entire curb is choked with parked cars.
ive seen single family homes in some cul-de-sacs with four cars.
i just hate so many cars...but the modern lifestyle requires it for the most part. i dont own a car anymore and cant see REALLY needing one for the next two years, at least, and i am happy about it. its a drag once in a while, but overall, being car-less saves a ton of money and gets me more exercise than i normally would get.
of course everything is relative - there are things about life today that we totally take for granted and dont even realize how lucky we are to have them.
that is all i have to digress on!
i liked this movie a lot.