I'm singin' in the rain...

The musical film, Singin' in the Rain, came out in 1952. The most prominent song of this musical was "Singin' in the Rain" by Don (Gene Kelly).  The song was sang because Don was in love with Kathy. He was bursting with happiness and love that he was singing and dancing in the rain!


Clockwork Orange was a film produced from a novel in 1971. In this film, Alex was singing "Singin in the Rain" while beating up a man and ripping off the clothes off the woman he was about to rape. In this situation, Alex was singing this specific song due to him taking pleasure in violence.


There was such a big difference in just 19 years. Where did all this violence come from?


In the 1950's, Rosa Parks and the Civil Right's Movement were occurring.


The 1960's was probably when violence escalated. Change was starting to happen. John F. Kennedy was president, Martin Luther King's protest, opposition against the Vietnam war, Apollo 8, the man on the moon, and the death of JFK and MLK. There was so much violence in this decade and racism was so prominent in society. Everything was changing because people wanted America to be a better place, but instead America turned out to be just a dream.