1971
Top songs of 1971:
Joy to the World -Three Dog Night
Maggie May/ Reason to Believe- Rod Stewart
It’s Too Late/ I feel the Earth Move -Carole King
Popular Films:
Love Story
Summer of '42
The Aristocats
The French Connection
Coke Commercial from 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2msbfN81Gm0
A look into 1970’s fashion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy4iFhOGnzs
In 1971, Americans became increasingly concerned with the effects of over-development, pollution and urban decay. Many of those social issues also including welfare, the environment, pot smoking, race are touched on in Two Gents.
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A cool article about 1969, ex: a ticket to hair on Broadway? $12. I think they were on to something here personally.
http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/flashback-summer-of-1969-in-nyc-1.1369922
Joy to the World -Three Dog Night
Maggie May/ Reason to Believe- Rod Stewart
It’s Too Late/ I feel the Earth Move -Carole King
Popular Films:
Love Story
Summer of '42
The Aristocats
The French Connection
Coke Commercial from 1971: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2msbfN81Gm0
A look into 1970’s fashion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy4iFhOGnzs
In 1971, Americans became increasingly concerned with the effects of over-development, pollution and urban decay. Many of those social issues also including welfare, the environment, pot smoking, race are touched on in Two Gents.
Want to Read More?
A cool article about 1969, ex: a ticket to hair on Broadway? $12. I think they were on to something here personally.
http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/flashback-summer-of-1969-in-nyc-1.1369922
With the sexual revolution of the late 1960's came a new symbol of women's sexual freedom, hot pants and mini skirts. This along with a host of other fashion trends like bell bottoms and platform shoes marked the early 70's. Inspired by some traditional designs from India, Nepal, Central America, Bali and Morocco, these trends were most importantly made popular if they were anything that wasn't based on the drab, conservative styles of the early '60s.
"Two Gentlemen" was born of the social and political turbulence of America in the late 1960's, including racial friction and divisions over the war in Vietnam.
feminism
The "second wave" of feminism spread across the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. By 1971, growing awareness of women's liberation was everywhere in the media and a part of many women's lives.
Julia exercises her sexual freedom by sleeping with Proteus and her pregnancy, not found in the original play, raised new national issues of women having babies out of wedlock and abortion, which we’ll returns at the end of the show again in "Don’t Have the Baby." In the song Julia is being given advice about whether or not to keep her baby by three men (Launce, Speed, and Lucetta’s drag persona "Cesario"), which was the feminists’ central complaint about the politics surrounding the issue. In "Love Me," Silvia is speaking for the women’s movement in America, demanding to be seen for the real, flesh-and-blood woman she is. She too is exercising her sexual freedom in her insistence on choosing her own man, rebelling against social pressures and family pressures, rejecting her father’s idea of an arranged marriage. This is not the Silvia in Shakespeare’s play and even more than the other characters, she lives fully in 1971.
Julia exercises her sexual freedom by sleeping with Proteus and her pregnancy, not found in the original play, raised new national issues of women having babies out of wedlock and abortion, which we’ll returns at the end of the show again in "Don’t Have the Baby." In the song Julia is being given advice about whether or not to keep her baby by three men (Launce, Speed, and Lucetta’s drag persona "Cesario"), which was the feminists’ central complaint about the politics surrounding the issue. In "Love Me," Silvia is speaking for the women’s movement in America, demanding to be seen for the real, flesh-and-blood woman she is. She too is exercising her sexual freedom in her insistence on choosing her own man, rebelling against social pressures and family pressures, rejecting her father’s idea of an arranged marriage. This is not the Silvia in Shakespeare’s play and even more than the other characters, she lives fully in 1971.
VIETNAM
April 24. Peaceful Vietnam War Out Now rally on the Mall, Washington, D.C. Protests against the Vietnam War took place in the 1960s and 1970s. They were part of a movement in opposition to the Vietnam War, as the United States had been involved in the conflict since 1950 and did not pull out till 1975.
"Draft Beer, not boys", "Hell no, we won't go", "Make love, not war" and "Eighteen today, dead tomorrow" were a few of the anti war slogans. The group that mostly used the anti-war slogans were called "doves"; those that supported the war were known as "hawks."
"Draft Beer, not boys", "Hell no, we won't go", "Make love, not war" and "Eighteen today, dead tomorrow" were a few of the anti war slogans. The group that mostly used the anti-war slogans were called "doves"; those that supported the war were known as "hawks."
The issue most fully woven into the plot is America’s involvement in Vietnam and the racial politics behind who went and who stayed behind. Because rich, white boys could get draft deferments if they went to college, Vietnam troops were disproportionately people of color, who couldn’t afford to go to college. In an exaggeration of the real situation, the Duke has the power to send anyone he doesn’t like off to Vietnam.
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Race riots and unrest
National Guardsmen wielding rifles with bayonets advanced along Springfield Avenue in Newark on July 14, 1967. Twenty-three people were killed and 700 injured in rioting. Since the mid-1960s, the nature of race riots in the U.S. significantly shifted. Violent black/white clashes continued into the mid-1970s, but the term's use shifted during the 1960s to refer to the uprisings of poorer blacks (or Latinos) protesting ghetto conditions, especially police brutality.
"Look around the city and say who lives here and get them upon this stage."
The Authors intention of creating Two Gentlemen was to capture the essence of American Life. They explain the important of multi-cultural casting, the actual appearance of the actors, the sound of their voices, and the assumption that the native sounds in their speech would not be overridden by an English Accent.
"We wanted this English play set in Renaissance Italy adapted from a Spanish source to stand as a metaphor for life in New York City in the 1970's."
-Shapiro
The Authors intention of creating Two Gentlemen was to capture the essence of American Life. They explain the important of multi-cultural casting, the actual appearance of the actors, the sound of their voices, and the assumption that the native sounds in their speech would not be overridden by an English Accent.
"We wanted this English play set in Renaissance Italy adapted from a Spanish source to stand as a metaphor for life in New York City in the 1970's."
-Shapiro