Mayberry never existed. It only revealed the place we wanted the world to be. We want to think life is simple. We wanted conflict to not really exist. We all wanted to be innocent.
Truthfully, there was never such a place.
The 1950's and early 60's should not be seen as a high time for American culture, but as a low time for honest appraisal of who we really are. Maybe the arts moving in the way that they have, is the result of people being honest about the way the world is.
What do you think?
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I remember a time when we didn't have to lock our doors (of our homes or our churches) and grandparents tell of when neighbors helped each other and helped keep your children out of trouble.
So some aspects of Mayberry were real but not 100%
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