Essay On That 70's Show

The 1970’s was a time for radical change. Within the radical change was feminism, sex and sexuality, and drugs. Although this may not have been part of everyone’s lives, it was there, and it was prevalent. However, in 1970’s television none of this was talked about. Even though the 1970’s was a turning point in censorship in American television, the ideas and values were still moderately the same as the previous decades. But in the 1990’s, a television show, That 70’s Show, debuted and addressed the real issues in the 1970’s. Although the premise of That 70’s Show is mostly accurate to the 1970’s, there are still aspects and values of the 1970’s that would not be addressed if the show had debuted in the 1970’s rather than the 1990’s. The physical characteristics of That 70’s Show are similar to something that would have aired in the 1970’s. The characters of That 70’s Show are dressed in

In a book review of Censoring Sex: A Historical Journey Through American Media by John Semonche, they explain, “Avoiding offense may make a few people more comfortable, but at the cost of individual freedom to choose one's entertainment or to turn it off. Which brings me back to the pleasure of "Match Game." Can you imagine Mae West as a panelist on that program and how she might have filled in the blanks? In the freedom of the 1970s, her wit and her voice would have produced beautiful innuendo that even my 12-year-old couldn't fail to appreciate.” In other words, sexuality was not straightforward in television at that time. The characters Laurie, Eric’s sister, and Kelso, Eric’s friend, in That 70’s Show could both be considered sex fiends. In the episode “Red’s Last Day,” Kelso cheats on his girlfriend Jackie to have sex with Laurie. Broadcasting something so explicit in the 1970’s would have been shocking and out of the social