revived in the 80's, had a 20% share in popular music in 1982, 11 of the 50 bestselling songs were metal in 1988, in 1985 The parentd Resource centre pressured Mtv to stop its production of metal
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What was Rap music?
first recorded in 1979- it had controversial songs such as “how we gonna make the black nation rise?” Rap was sexist as ice cube said he had “made the neighbourhood pregnant” so “what I need to do is kick the ***** in the stomach”
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What heppened to the music rating system?
Music industry accepted voluntary rating system after a suicide letter from two teens contained metallicas “fade to black” lyrics
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Who were the Dead Kennedys?
Leader of the dead Kennedys= he was arrested in 1986 for distributing harmful materials to a minor, a young LA girl bought the “Frankenchrist” album which has a poster with 10 penises and a Vulvae
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who were 2 live crow?
2 live crew= they had a song called “me so horny” which was seen as illegaly obscne
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Who was Madonna?
Madonna= she promoted safe sex, “Justify my love” (1990) was the first music video to be banned from MTV, religious imagery and a sex scene with christ in “like a prayer” offended the Religious Right
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What did Dergulation of TV lead to?
Deregulation of TV in the 80's led to the growth of cable so by 1990 90% of homes had cable service, there was more sex and violence on cable as they were not subject to the same guidelines.
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What was MTV?
MTV was the most significant cable channel in the 80's with a 24 hour music video channel, it showed Michael Jackson, MTV was accused of sexism because of videos like “hot for teacher”
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What was the growth of aids?
AIDs crisis= over 46,000 Americans died from it in 1989, there were over 80,000 confimed cases, this was called the “Gay plague”
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What was the Ryan White care act?
he was a haemophiliac who contracted aids through a blood transfusion, he was the national spokesperson for aids sufferers, he died in 1990 and congress granted $220 million to help victims of Aids
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What was violence like in films?
Silence of the lambs (1991)- had a cannibal reference “having an old friend for dinner”, the A-team- 4th most popular TV show in 1983 it had violence similar to Tom and Jerry, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
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What was war like in films?
born on the fourth of july (1989)= memoirs of a disabled and disillusioned vietnam war veteran, Gentleman (1981)= showed an admirable war veteran and a female lead who wanted to simply capture an officer husband
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How did Hollyood and TV deal with homosexuality?
barely dealt with in film, Longtime Companion (1989) dealth with aids but was a lot less popular than Indiana Jones, NBC considered a gay sitcome “Love sidney” but didnt because they were scared of reactions
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What Tv programmes explored sexual liberalisation?
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990-96) and Beverly Hills 90210 assosiated being sexually active with “being cool” and showed that being a teenage Virgin was embarrasing, Jerry springer (1991-presemt) had frank discussions of sex
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What was Fatal attraction?
Fatal attraction (1987)= a single women tried to seduce a hapily married man, when the “good mother” killed her off men in the theatre screamed “Kill the *****”
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What was Rosanne?
Roseanne (1988-97)= most watched Tv show in 1989-90= showed a working class mother working in an under skilled Job to come home and do all of the housework
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What was Cagney and Lacey?
Cagney and Lacey (1982-88)= 2 female detectives, the one with the idealised family was more stable and content than the single detective with multiple partners
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What was the last temptation of christ?
Last temptation of christ (1988)= showed Jesus's sexual desires for Mary Magdalyn
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first recorded in 1979- it had controversial songs such as “how we gonna make the black nation rise?” Rap was sexist as ice cube said he had “made the neighbourhood pregnant” so “what I need to do is kick the ***** in the stomach”
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