Whenever I look at specials or features honoring certain decades, I wonder; How will our decade be remembered? Most recently, I saw a video on the twenties, which featured things such as Model-T Fords and flapper dancers. What will our decade documentaries be on?
When it comes to technology, I would mention the rise of touch-screen phones and devices, such as the Iphone and smart board. For music, definatley the Ipod and how itunes has changed the music industry. For movie and televison figures, I would mention Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Hillary Duff, Miley Cyrus, and Zac Afron. For Political icons, I would mention President Bush and President Obama. For economy, I would mention the recession and the events leading to it.
One time at camp, my friends and I were talking about how people will dress when they try to dress as people from our decade. For a girl, we suggested a jean mini skirt (shorter the better), UGGs, two tanktops in neon colors (one worn over the other, but both visible), a North Face, big sunglasses, a wristlet or clutch purse, and an ipod. We didn't talk about guys, but I would suggest baggy pants or shorts (worn low), skater shoes, and a t-shirt. What do you think the 2000's costume outfit will look like?
What am I missing? If you saw a documentary on the 2000's meant for future generations, would you be proud of what you see? How was this past decade different from others?
One of the ways our generation has separated itself from others is by it's growth alongside the internet; the internet is an integral part of young people's interactions, and boomed to an overwhelming extent in this past decade. Do you think this is a positive change, or not?
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Your blog post particularly interests me because I actually think about this all the time! I wonder what clothes people will consider the early 2000's. I mean it all seem so normal to me that I can't imagine anything too different. But another thing that I wonder a lot about is movies. Many movies from the 1900's are remade into modern movies. What movies will they remake when we're old? I thought Mean Girls would be a major one to be remade. I couldn't really think of any others. But I'm always wondering about stuff like that. For music definitely Miley Cyrus and the Jo Bros (unfortunately).
ReplyDeleteIt is very interesting to think about. I think that Obama's will be the face representing the 2000-10 decade. I also agree with your predictions about technology. Just ten years ago portable cd players were the norm. Then early in the 2000's the mp3 player was introduced and proceeded to change the way people listen to music. Since the iPod is undoubtedly the most popular mp3 player, it will takes its rightful place as a representative for last decade. I disagree with both you and Zoe on clothing and music. I don't think there are any fashion trends common to the entire nation. Living in an upper class area, we see alot of expensive apparel (i.e. the dark leather boots that half the girls seem to wear). So although it may seem like there are fashion trends, I think they are unique to our small corner of the world. I think that very few musicians will achieve enough success to leave a mark in history. There must be 30x as many bands to day as there were ten years ago (thanks to itunes, myspace, ect). There are no music idols that are universally loved, every seems to have a different taste. Back in the day when people relied on the radio to satisfy the music needs, everyone was hearing the same songs. These days music is too accessible for any single individual/group to become popular enough to represent the entire decade.
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