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Did you see any evidence of Robert Bly's assertion that dads in TV were portrayed as laughing stocks because Hollywood was full...

hondacivictrucknuts-deactivated asked:

Did you see any evidence of Robert Bly's assertion that dads in TV were portrayed as laughing stocks because Hollywood was full of screenwriters who were mad at their fathers?

I think there may have been in his time a lot of issues around generational succession of Jewish families as “immigrant” gave way to “white ethnic” and even mainstream, but in my time honestly I think maybe I should have been taking it as a warning sign that no one seemed particularly angry at their parents