Nostalgia

[Jon Flanders <72763.2240@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I posted this to the Majordomo by mistake, will try again

 >> Did I miss something ? <<Adam Rose

 Jon Flanders:

  I saw the film after reading Reed's article, and was struck by how clearly
the film fit his description of the nostalgia boom in the black upper class.
Yes, it accurately depicts LA black society at the time.

  Again though, there was running through everything a halo of sentimentality
for a vanished world where place was clearly defined and those who stepped out
of line were punished, symbolized by the female lead.

  Think of the same south central neighborhood as seen in Boyz in the Hood.
The progress capitalism brings, as Marx pointed out, is not so much in human
wellbeing, but is in the ruthless stripping of all illusions until we stand
naked in the face of reality.

  Those with class interests to lose, then become desperate to restore the
vanished glories of a more paternal age. Even if it comes with the price of
political and spiritual servility



  E-mail from: Jonathan E. Flanders, 30-May-1996




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