Entertainment

FASHION

              Fashion of the nineteen sixties’ is still used today as this decade was marked as the time when there were social changes and was dominated by the youth. During these years after World War II, It was when the baby boomers were the youth and they wanted to their own fashion styles. Due to the Vietnamese war, civil rights movement, Woodstock; fashion became divergent. However, fashion could not have been appreciated without some of the great designers. Here are some of the most influential designers in the swinging sixties. There was Andre Courreges, who was a French designer who invented mini-skirts and go- go boots. He was also known for his unique usage of materials like plastic that pushed fashion in a way that it had not been before and it became a part by which the sixties became a common decade. Also there was Mary Quant also a designer who became an icon for her designs of hot pants. Also, "pop art and youth culture were two huge uprisings in the sixties, and their relationship with fashion, particularly the fashion of Quant, was indelible”.

                       Last but not least was Oleg Cassini, whom his amazing wok had not seen before, and was described as classicism and sophistication. His was chosen to design clothes for Jacqueline Kennedy when she became the first lady. However, his selection was controversial at the time, his simple dresses and pillbox hats have become iconic symbols of class and femininity. Overall the difference between men’s and women’s clothing was rare.  Women’s trends were way different, not only that they wanted to be independent, also they needed a change in how they dressed not the long dresses, no makeup or different hair styles.  

                              Research shows that studies say: “in the late 1960s that certain Manhattan restaurants refused to let fashionable women in who wore Saint Laurent’s clothes”(Fashion,2005). It was because see-through fabrics, put women in pant-suits, and turned safari wear into desirable, luxurious fashion” (Fashion, 2005).There was also, a new trend called the unisex; it allowed men and women to wear the same types of clothes, meaning that they designed the same. During this time Men types of shirts like buffalo plaid, “this one was popular along with lumberjacks; another form of shirts that were tight fitted and jackets. And these were a good fit with the hipster pants which were to be worn below the belly button also came into fashion during the decade and is modified today.
                                

 music    

                                     Because of race relations in America at that time, meaning the 1960s music began to change, more genres began to be introduced. People often discuss the impact of music on society but often times; music is a reflection of society. Music in the sixties was not only helpful or lighten up moods for people who had long days at work but; also it was entertaining as the artists began to evolve certain types of dances that go with the lyrics. These are some of the musicians that changed the American people’s perspective on music: a band named the Bryds and guys like Dylan. These bands started an underground wave that streamed throughout the sixties and this Era was called the "Psychedelic Era.” This era introduced drugs such as marijuana, LSD and acid as important aspects in the creation of music and was used by the listeners to enhance their experience.

                      Another most loved group that used drugs for help with expression was Big Brother and the Holding Company. This band sang blues and techno color with the aid from a lady well known…Janis Joplin. Janis was good at screaming because she felt that her voice was short for a real singer. Also, there was Jerry Garcia who felt that life without drugs was not thing that is the way he could sing a four minute song on the stage and turned it into a twenty minutes song; also his band made up music as they went along. They spread all over the united states throughout the sixties and Young hipsters greeted this new music with open arms and said that drugs changed the way many experienced this new wave of music. 

                     People could not have just enjoyed the music if there was nothing else added into it, American bandstand and local dances participated in writing songs that, the lyrics were attached to movies that went along with them. And the melodic sounds of the music made average fans of the artists sing along while they perform. Overall, music was helpful because it was also after the end of WWII, people needed something to cheer them up and also a lot of the bands that are notorious for promoting promiscuity and drug use also spoke about the ills of society. In The end both White and African Americans started to love another type of music which is Soul. "Soul music of this time began to give blacks and whites common ground as well because this music was liked and enjoyed by both groups."

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movies and TV shows

During the nineteen sixties, American was conducting in a time of fantasy world.  For example, humanized animals, witches, , airborne clergy and other TV shows were a piece of the decade’s entertainment that one could find on TV all the time. For example there were several movies evolving in the early years of the decade. Television in the sixties was unique compared to today. There were only three channels ABC, CBS, and NBC. Television during the decade was an entertainment for the whole family, on weekend night’s family would get together with popcorn and beverage to watch their favorite shows. Research shows that “Batman' was TV's hottest commodity in January, 1967, but shows with a sci-fi or fantasy bent were falling by the wayside by 1968.” And these are some of the most famous actors of the sixties: 

                       Paul Newman, who could play any character that was given to him and Gregory Peck, was named among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, by the American film institute. These shows and actors are the reasons why family shared their love and their situations, also a good way of getting together, eat and talk while watching those TV shows that they both enjoyed. That shows that it had a good impact the American families and keeping the culture going no matter the situation. During rehearsals he met actress Joanne Woodward, who was serving as an understudy for the production.

 

·       Every year, some families would gather around the TV with a big bowl of Orville Redenbacher to watch "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.”(Staying in, 2009) And other said that “It wouldn't feel like the holidays without Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Snoopy and the whole gang. Pick up the "Peanuts: nineteen sixties Collection" to get six classics inspired by the Charles Schultz comic strip.” Breakfast At Tiffany’s” The film’s first frame shows New York’s famed jeweler store, Tiffany’s. The film was groundbreaking not just because it remains the most sophisticated crafted romantic-comedy of all time, but more crucially because it is a landmark drama. And also there were other shows like Batman, Bonanza, Bewitched and bronco that kept Family entertained on certain occasions. During this decade there were a lot veterans who were trying to get back on their feet and perhaps  one f the options that was available was to be in the movie industry; which probably made them a lot money.

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sports:

johnny Unitas

 From nineteen sixty to nineteen sixty nine; the most popular and fashionable sports for young people were: football, tennis, and volleyball. Almost all bays had idols that played football and tennis. They could watch them on television or hear about them on the radio. During this time there were not many Olympic sports. Only, football, running, handball, and basketball participated; and these teams had no one to sponsor them. Some of the popular athletes were Wilt Chamberlain, who played basketball, Johnny Unitas, who was one, the greatest quarterbacks in football history; some say that he was the reason why most baby boomers got interested in football, because they wanted to be like him. He first played for the Baltimore cloth; later he became a record setting quarterback for the national football league.  He received the Golden arm award and that prestigious award bears the name of who many refer to as the finest quarterback to ever play the game of football.

 Jim Brown

 Also there was Jim brown whom according to research was “perhaps the most dominant runner in NFL history. One must conclude that it was tough for him during this decade; just him being one of the best athletes did not change the fact that there still were people who were against him because of his race. Bu he pushed through and showed American that they were equal and that they could same thing and have same life accomplishments. He is known for his exceptional and best record setting nine-year career as a running back of the NFL Cleveland Browns from 1957 to 1965. Some say that he was difficult to tackle and it would take more than one player to bring him down; also while playing football; he became an actor in 1963 and was featured as a soldier in a movie called "Rio Conchos". He played just six seasons in the sixties before retiring. He won five rushing titles in the decade and nevertheless as an actor, Brown still remains his spot as one of the ten famous athletes of the nineteen sixties”(made man).But before he could retire his football career and head into acting completely;. He owned the record for all-purpose yards in a career and best average per carry for a running back at 5.22 yards, a mark that still stands. It shows that regardless what was happening during the sixties a.k.a the civil rights movement; they still had opportunities to accomplish something.

Wilt chamberlain

I chose to this topic because I think that it’s different and interesting. Basketball in sixties could have seem as a funny game to watch but yet entertaining; because everyone was aiming to see who could throw a ball in the hoop. Some thought it was cool but it got more interesting When Wilt Chamberlain came.  He was one of eleven children and his parents were devoted to family and work. When he was little he helped around the neighborhood and made little money to help his family. When Wilt was playing basketball, his average was 50 points a game!  Nobody could stop this dominant 7' 2" player. He made them see the Basketball as a cool game and that he could make all Americans watch him dunk the ball with his jumping skills. He played for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA. He got a nick name from his career which is “Wilt the Silt”; he achieved an average of 30.1 points per each game and over his career, and holds the record for the most points scored in one game. Research shows that he scored 30,000 points during his career. he died in 1999 and after thirteen years he is still some people's hero. And he will always be known for his great skills and how the helped the generations after him to keep playing and some want to be like him.

To finalize, I can conclude that sports also were a big part of the sixties due to the lack of places to go because of the war between whites and African Americans; that was the only where they could both be at and not cause problems. Just the fact that they showed these athletes love and pride is important not only for the American’s reputation but also for its pride. Because they were a lot of places where these two groups could not stand each other but when it came to entertaining, they would put their differences aside and support their player because the best part of it was to see their player wining. And entertainment was important because the nineteen sixties ‘entertainment including music, movies and TV shows,  fashion, fashion helped families by bringing them together on certain occasions. For example movie nights and dressing comfortable without being judged, and to top it all, music was at first sight to lighten up moods and keep them entertained.

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