Did Frank swear too much for the 50s?
Ignorant question but I just wondered, did a lot of men in the 50s swear as much as Frank did?
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Common lap kitch sardin a poor floundin.
No they didn't. That was the biggest thing about the film that annoyed me; they put 21st century mannerisms onto 1950's characters. The worst a decent man might say was "damn" and ladies were considered declasse if they said so much as "darn". I grew up in a 1950's house with quite a bit of arguing but at least they kept it clean, language wise.
shareThanks for answering. I really didn't think so...
Har ring molassis abounding
Common lap kitch sardin a poor floundin.
In the book, there's only one use of the f-word and it's spoken very angrily by Frank. Yet, in the movie, there were several f-words tossed around by both Frank and April. While the film stuck to the book very well--it was rather annoying for the additional, unnecessary f-bombs. The book had the usual cuss words--g-d, b.s. etc.
In the '50s, the use of the f-word was severely frowned upon among average people. Sure, people knew the word, but many were more respectful in those days--especially in public. Today...anything goes...unfortunately.
That's my take on it though. They should've been more meticulous about sticking to the dialogue from the book (with using only one f-word.) Adding several more did nothing for the movie. Despite that, I thought it was a well-done adaptation.
-Kristi