Madonna - Into The Groove
Desperately Seeking Susan was on at MoMA as part of a series of films that are set in New York. Suddenly 1985 was a lot further away than I thought it was. Was it a good depiction of New York?, it was certainly a good depiction of the 80s, VCR machines that take up half the bench, vinyl records, smoking indoors, no cell phones, but what did it portray about New York circa 1985? A certain seediness that doesn't exist anymore,(New York has undergone a mall-ification), and the clothes that people wore in nightclubs were certainly true to 1985( though the roots of those fashions are definitely in London).
Perhaps it was nothing more than light entertainment, a screwball comedy, when Madonna's career was just a few years old.
Desperately Seeking Susan was on at MoMA as part of a series of films that are set in New York. Suddenly 1985 was a lot further away than I thought it was. Was it a good depiction of New York?, it was certainly a good depiction of the 80s, VCR machines that take up half the bench, vinyl records, smoking indoors, no cell phones, but what did it portray about New York circa 1985? A certain seediness that doesn't exist anymore,(New York has undergone a mall-ification), and the clothes that people wore in nightclubs were certainly true to 1985( though the roots of those fashions are definitely in London).
Perhaps it was nothing more than light entertainment, a screwball comedy, when Madonna's career was just a few years old.
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