Radio Days

Newell 2022-03-21 09:03:16

Good old days (often in spirit)

2022-01-19 20:43

Didn't say or change anything, just created the Good old days in the eyes of someone (in the film, let's say an 8-year-old boy in 1943 New York). In an era when the broadcasting industry was brilliant and star-making, even in times of wartime unemployment, embarrassment, lack of education, lack of entertainment and complaints, the broadcasting industry still maintained its elegance and abundance, and the airwaves brought together the voices of all kinds of celebrities and eccentrics. , comforting/capturing the spiritual world of all kinds of people in society, (unconsciously) acting as a bond that unites people's hearts.

The author's inner words are expressed by the aunt's date: the promise has not been fulfilled, but it has spent an infinitely beautiful night, which will be unforgettable in a lifetime. Regardless of the year, a new life will be born (individual life reflects the era/spiritual trend of the people); it ends at the same place where someone was once embarrassed, the same humble rooftop, gathered all the industry celebrities, had a happy party, A lively conversation, this broken roof is simply a visual headquarters of the spirit of the times, as if all the good expectations are counted down and launched from here. (It's thought-provoking that the original intention of the broadcasting industry is business, the purpose is to get/maintain the largest number of listeners - the premise of the emergence of Good old days)

Iconic first-person self-deprecating talk show (but not too talkative). Some famous broadcast events, landmarks, programs, as well as period costumes, decorations, technology, customs, neighborhood relations, religion, schools, business... are all involved, and the information is detailed. Another finding is that sounds/pronunciations do have a sense of class background distinction, which is instinctive and irresistible.

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Radio Days quotes

  • Narrator: Then there were my father and mother, two people who could find an argument in any subject.

    Father: Wait, you think the Atlantic is a greater ocean than the Pacific?

    Mother: No. Have it your way. The Pacific is greater.

    Narrator: I mean, how many people argue over oceans?

  • Narrator: Ceil adored a very prominent ventriloquist, and this always used to drive Abe crazy:

    Abe: He's a ventriloquist on the radio - how do you know he's not moving his lips?

    Ceil: Who cares? Leave me alone!

    [bursts with laughter]