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Harold and Maude: arranged marriages in the 1970s?

In Harold and Maude, the mother seems to be obsessed with finding Harold a wife, even though each prospective wife completely freaked out at the sight of one of Harold's mock suicide attempts. Is arranging a marriage normal behavior in the 1970s? How common were arranged marriages during the '70s? 65.24.105.132 (talk) 03:43, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Mothers trying to arrange a marriage is a time immemorial event OP. While it isn't as rigid in some cultures as others you have to take into account the upper middle class familial structure depicted in the film. You also have to be aware of the fact that this is a fiction film - so it is just as likely to be mocking said societal structure - whether it still existed or had become passe by then - as anything else. MarnetteD|Talk 04:37, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Upper middle class? I would have thought that Harold comes from an upper upper class family, because it looks like he's just sitting on inherited wealth. Yes, I do realize it is a fictional movie. However, your post doesn't really attempt to answer the inquiry about the prevalence of arranged marriages in the 1970s of the United States. 65.24.105.132 (talk) 23:20, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

The mother in Harold and Maude is controlling and emotionally distant, attributes that are enhanced by her wealth. Her actions are not normal behavior. Even so, she does not attempt to arrange a marriage for Harold, but only to set him up on dates. John M Baker (talk) 14:22, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Rebel telugu movie Year 2012

According to the synopsis, some of the details might be Fake. How in the world did Stephen & Robert know that Rishi was creating a trap? Nanu couldn't have informed Stephen & Robert about Rishi, so how did Stephen & Robert fool Rishi in the end of this movie?(50.173.3.170 (talk) 11:23, 2 September 2014 (UTC)).

OP seems to be talking about Rebel (2012 film). I've no idea the answer. Dismas|^(talk) 05:29, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Cadfael - TV series. Date set in

What year/ time period was the TV series set in ? The books were set during 1130s to 1140s (I think) so is/ would the TV series be the same ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.33.132.194 (talk) 15:04, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

The TV series is set in the same time period as the books. The episodes (with a few exceptions) are faithful adaptations of the novels but they are presented in a different order then the books were published in. MarnetteD|Talk 02:35, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Would that be a particular year or decade ? As in like with Agatha Christie's Poirot, I've heard that the TV series was set within the same dacade, while the novels that the episodes were based upon were set at different points during Hercule Poirot's life. Not sure if thats true or not but did they do something similar with the Cadfael tv series ? 194.74.238.6 (talk) 11:57, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

That's not really true about Poirot: the original novels and stories were all generally set in the present as Christie was writing them over a period of 50+ years, but without concern for what that might be taken to imply about Poirot's age, so they weren't really in "different periods of his life". When the New York Times decided to give the character an obituary as if he was a real person, they finessed the point nicely by saying "His age was uncertain". The TV producers chose to narrow the range of settings. For Cadfael I don't know about the range of years that Ellis Peters used. --65.94.51.64 (talk) 15:47, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

See The Cadfael Chronicles#Historical background. The books are set during The Anarchy, and a number of historical events (such as the Battle of Lincoln (1141) and the Siege of Oxford (1142)) are closely tied to the plot. The TV series is less focussed (and, naturally, has some appalling anachronisms), but is still set in the same period. Tevildo (talk) 21:24, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Wasn't there a documentary on ITV on or sometime after the last Poirot episode was on were I think one of the producers or directers said they something like for the TV series, they condenced the Poirot stories so that they take place roughly in the same decade or within a couple of years Scotius (talk) 11:37, 8 September 2014 (UTC)

early - mid 2000s internet mashup video song

I remember this video on an icelandic media site, it was on it from 2004/2005/2006 -2010, It was this song but not a released one, it was like this mashup song, but not songs on the radio but more like random voices, scratching sounds and yeah, the video started with "ladies and gentlemen" or atleast included it, it's icelandic name was "samklippa úr hinum ýmsu klippum" which translates to mashup of random clips or something. In the video, there were vids like: A horse kicking a man in the head or his head in the horses rear.. idk The guy from "Here's johhny" in the door Couches humping each other (cgi animation??) a guy shooting a gun in a studio and falls back Dancing baby (green or something) a guy spinning/dancing and hits a little toddler in the head when he/she runs past

in the ending it was black with a yellow or red or something text with an email on it, which i sadly don't remember.

please help me, this was certainly not icelandic and it had those clips in it, and this catch mashup-y song with it. 31.209.150.192 (talk) 20:00, 2 September 2014 (UTC)

Sounds vaguely like the music video for "Pump Up the Volume", but the time frame is wrong. --Jayron32 02:07, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

By the way, the "Here's Johnny!" that you're talking about is likely Jack Nicholson's character in The Shining. Dismas|^(talk) 02:33, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

Made me think of "Get Ready For This", but that's probably just the ice, mashup videos and hitting tykes in the head when they try to pass. The time frame is also wrong. Speaking of also wrong, couches aren't the only ones humping couches. I do remember cartoon couches humping, though, and will continue to try and find the right Google term. InedibleHulk (talk) 02:40, 3 September 2014 (UTC)

It wasn't "couch having sex", but that's pretty funny. Catchy tune, too. InedibleHulk (talk) 02:46, 3 September 2014 (UTC)