A Date With Your Family (1950)

Advises children to do whatever is necessary -- even lie -- to achieve harmonious family relations. This portrait of manners among the affluent places a premium on pleasant, unemotional behavior, and contains some interesting do's and don'ts sequences. Key line: "These boys treat their dad as though they were genuinely glad to see him, as though they really missed him..."

This brain-deadening film seems to go on forever, but it's well worth repeated viewing. It's probably one of the last to reflect pre-war social behavior; the great classless society of the fifties was just emerging and "formality" had not yet become a dirty word.

Originally filmed in Kodachrome.

Producer: Simmel-Meservey
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Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• social
• guidance
• mental
• hygiene
• manners
• families
• etiquette
• 1950s

[toschie]

I broke up with my family because they wouldn't put out.

[collegegoer45]

Good lord. I love the 50s.

[horohorosrin]

@clevelandphil 2/10. Good job looking at my profile and realizing I enjoy anime -- really, that couldn't have been so simple as it may sound -- but not very good on realizing I hardly care about Fullmetal Alchemist, and I don't bother with an online place like Netflix.

Also, touche on changing the subject, but I am not so nearsighted.

[clevelandphil]

@horohorosrin Be quiet and go watch Fullmetal Alchemist on Netflix streaming.

[horohorosrin]

@clevelandphil Quite the intelligent rebuttal. That is, in essence, all the answer I need. :3

[clevelandphil]

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[horohorosrin]

@clevelandphil It's okay to be a little intimidated by women due to your fear of intimacy. Well, it isn't okay, but I mean...it can be fixed. Just as soon as you realize that this is the internet and calm yo tits. <3

[clevelandphil]

@horohorosrin The overindulgence of your mother isn't yours either.

[horohorosrin]

@clevelandphil Know this: the lack of affection from your mother was not your fault.

[clevelandphil]

@horohorosrin Fry some eggs please.

[horohorosrin]

@clevelandphil Try harder, please.

[clevelandphil]

@horohorosrin Be quiet and be a good little girl.