Vintage Portraits - Real Housewives of the 1960's

Let’s go back to the 1960’s.

Hello Friends,

Bravo TV announced this week that they are developing a new series with a working title of Real Housewives of the 1960’s.

Here’s the series synopsis;

“In this imaginative docu-series, a cast of modern women will be sent back to the 1960's to experience the ultimate era of the American Housewife. Living in a cul-de-sac of authentic Sixties homes, these women and their families will be transported back into a traditional decade where men made the money, women made the home, and teenagers actually did as they were told. In living through the ‘golden age’ of Sixties family life, the cast will discover if more time spent together, traditional husband and wife roles, and no digital distractions might actually improve their chaotic lives and even fix their relationships.”                            source:  www.vulture.com  

source: www.bravotv.co.nz

R. Eric Thomas from Elle.com called the new show, Wife Swap meets Handmaid’s Tale.

“The “golden age” was remarkably ungolden for many women of color, queer women, and-this may shock you-even some white, middle class housewives.”

He asks what tradition are we talking about here. Or it could be that time when the Wi-Fi went out and move on.

        source: www.elle.com

And the final opinion comes from writer, Taylor Ferber at Bustle.com

“So maybe there is a message and purpose in the madness. Maybe the housewives involved will be unable to live life with such archaic and dated expectations and gender roles. Watching them try and get frustrated and roll their eyes at it all could prove how far things have come, and that we're clearly not in the '60s anymore.”

      source: www.bustle.com

The 1960’s was an era of social upheaval, rebellion and backlash. It was the time of the Vietnam War. There were working mothers, feminism, the arrival of the birth control pill, mini-skirts and the androgynous modelling of Twiggy. JFK was assassinated. Martin Luther King marched on Washington. Technological advances landed men on the Moon. The 1960’s social and political uprisings would shape history for many decades to come.

The new Housewives reality TV series maybe entertainment without the Wi-Fi connection. Will it tap into the revolutionary culture of the 1960’s and give those traditional roles an authentic shake-up? That would bring some va-va-voom to the drama.

Have a happy weekend, 
♥ Ashlyn