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Post by twinkle on Jun 11, 2012 1:32:30 GMT -5
Hi everyone! I've been a Waltons fan since I was a child so I am happy to have found this forum! I'll pitch straight in with a question as I have been enjoying a run of the Waltons series and have just been watching 'The Silver Wings' episode where Jim-Bob falls in love with a young army(?) wife whose hubby is away. Betsy is played by Patsy Rahn and here's my questions... Am I the only one who thinks Betsy dresses kind of 'provocative' for the time and environment they are living in...? in one scene she is wearing a tiny midriff top which you'd never see Mary-Ellen or Erin wearing! was Patsy Rahn a sportswoman of some kind as she displays really toned arms... Just interested to see what anyone else thinks  |
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Post by maxwalton on Jun 11, 2012 7:42:31 GMT -5
Hi twinkle, welcome to the mountain. I lurked here for a long time before taking the plunge. Nice to have you here.
You are not the only one who thought she dressed inappropriate for the period. Patsy Rahn looked and acted very 1970s to me.
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Post by Marilyn on Jun 11, 2012 9:59:10 GMT -5
I have seen photographs from that era with women in similar clothing, but I thought too, that it was inappropriate for that area.
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Post by Heather on Jun 11, 2012 13:08:21 GMT -5
I believe the word I used when I first laid eyes on her was "trollop" LOL.
Though I did grow to like the character, she was waaay sexy for the time. That's probably why folks talked about her so much.
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Post by mercantile on Jul 4, 2012 13:48:45 GMT -5
I believe the word I used when I first laid eyes on her was "trollop" LOL.
Though I did grow to like the character, she was waaay sexy for the time. That's probably why folks talked about her so much. Hahaha.. an amusing description! ;D I must confess I thought, 'Oh..hello!', the first time I saw the episode. I also got the same reaction from The Wing Walker imagery. Typical bloke territory. I think the point being made was to lift the viewer out of familiar zones. That happened for me, but thankfully not too often down that particular path. |
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Post by Heather on Jul 5, 2012 9:52:50 GMT -5
I dunno, mercantile. The girl on "The Wing Walker" was totally gorgeous without dressing like a floozy. 
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Post by mercantile on Jul 5, 2012 10:38:14 GMT -5
I dunno, mercantile. The girl on "The Wing Walker" was totally gorgeous without dressing like a floozy. You mean I get to choose?  BAZINGA!! But seriously, less would appear to be more, in the case of the mercurial wing-walker. Oh my... ;D |
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Post by Heather on Jul 5, 2012 10:45:11 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm a girl and I was like WOW LOL. I wanted to smack John-Boy upside the head and ask him what the heck LOL.
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Post by mercantile on Jul 5, 2012 10:46:31 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm a girl and I was like WOW LOL. I wanted to smack John-Boy upside the head and ask him what the heck LOL. ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by River on Jul 5, 2012 10:48:20 GMT -5
This topic was brought up before and some posters posted some pics of clothing and there were women that dressed that way back then, but I still think, for the most part, most women dressed more modestly (especially married women). Could you imagine Olivia dressing that way?
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Post by Heather on Jul 5, 2012 11:09:40 GMT -5
LOL River, Livvy's quite a looker herself. But, no, especially with Grandma around - "Good LORD!  "
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Post by dfnmeows44 on Jul 5, 2012 14:55:51 GMT -5
I would say that Betsy Randolph was not very modest to put it mildly. You could easily call her dress style
out of line for the times---or really anytime if the dress is worn with the intent to seduce---and receive
support. Remmeber The Jefferson County Cutie. That is one time Ben deserved the Whack of the
Shilleligh!
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Post by ZebnEsther on Jul 5, 2012 18:54:28 GMT -5
I thought she was dressed a little loosely compared to the regular Walton's Mountain families. I have seen photos of women dressed like that from that time but I think it was more in the bigger cities. ZnE
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Post by bobbycharlie on Feb 1, 2014 9:01:02 GMT -5
This episode in which a young man develops a crush on a woman whose husband is off fighting in WWII reminded me very much of the movie Summer of '42. So I googled to find pictures of Jennifer O'Neill who played the lead and found her also wearing some outfits in that film showing bare midriff-- clothing perhaps more appropriate to the style of the late sixties and seventies.
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Post by Brenda on Feb 1, 2014 9:38:20 GMT -5
That episode has always reminded me of the movie Summer of '42, a movie which came out in 1971 while I was in college. I've always wondered if the writers of that episode of The Waltons got their idea from that movie. My mother grew up during that era. She was born in 1923 and lived in a rural area of eastern Kentucky. My sisters and I recently found a photo of her and some other girls about her age (her sisters and friends) who were all dressed similarly. We had never seen the photo before. I think my mother had it hidden from us, since all we had ever seen were pictures of her dressed very modestly. I'll have to see if I can find it. hmmm....maybe it's in the box with the braids. |
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