Hypothesis: the 1970s was the last time Hollywood dealt with working class life with any degree of sustained empathy and attention. True?
@CoreyRobin Exactly. Even on sit-coms: Taxi, for example, working class workplace was visible in way it isn't now.
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@HeerJeet@CoreyRobin You guy ever watch this show? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_Loves_Bernie … -
@matthunte@CoreyRobin I've never even heard of this. It's fits my sense of 1970s though.
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@HeerJeet@coreyrobin http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosby was an attempt. A number of well-regarded HBO dramas also have working class characters. -
@notstevenwhite@CoreyRobin Sure, but 1970s shows and films were aimed at universal mass audience in way HBO dramas aren't.
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