Maybe The 80s Are Retro
Posted by Brett Singer at 8:30 AM on November 23, 2008
When I first started to notice that television producers and marketing executive was using the 80's to induce nostalgia and/or referring to it as retro, I was annoyed. Eventually I got used to it, but still found it troubling. Come on, I said. It wasn't THAT long ago. Sure, lots of things have changed. But 1988 was only 20 years ago. That's not retro, is it? Translation: I'm not THAT old, am I?
Take a look at these TV commercials from 1988.
That hair. Joe Isuzu. Geraldo Rivera braying that our children may become victims of a Satanic cult.
Ouch. I guess I am that old.
We hear you!
The 60’s were Retro – are now Vintage!
Today, the 80’s are Retro and in 10 years, the 90s will be.
Funny how the 70s will always be the 70s though!