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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 402643" data-attributes="member: 23">I&#039;m not sure how much effort was put into Permanent, but with such attention to small details, I&#039;d say there was a lot. All the same, it didn&#039;t feel that way. There was nothing flashy about the period setting and it captured the boredom of the era that you mentioned, so I fully believed it. At one point I even questioned whether it was anothe case of Amazon not having their dates right (this happened to me a while back when I thought I was watching a new film with a period setting until a teenage Jodie Foster appeared on screen). Even though the film itself didn&#039;t wow me, the tone of it did. There was ugliness to it - from the big square cars to the decor and that extended to the way people communicated - that I really appreciated. Even the kids felt like Eighties kids, even though they&#039;d all have been born this side of the millennium. Whoever coached them to the nuances of the time did so really well. I suppose it makes as much sense as &quot;perm&quot;, but I just wasn&#039;t used to hearing &quot;permanent&quot; used. When I was young, half my family members and most kids at school (girls and boys alike) seemed to be obsessed with perms so I heard the word a lot. I was one of the few who never experimented there, and I&#039;m glad now because&nbsp; I know I&#039;d have ended up with the one that made me look like the girl in the film (fortunately, nature gave me thick lustrous curls throughout my Twenties and into my Thirties, before it cruelly decided that was it with me and hair). A couple of characters discussed Sun-In as well, which reminded me of this being the only thing I was permitted to use when everyone else was getting highlights. And by the time my parents relented this much, it was far too late anyway and everyone else had moved on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 402643, member: 23"] I'm not sure how much effort was put into [I]Permanent[/I], but with such attention to small details, I'd say there was a lot. All the same, it didn't feel that way. There was nothing flashy about the period setting and it captured the boredom of the era that you mentioned, so I fully believed it. At one point I even questioned whether it was anothe case of Amazon not having their dates right (this happened to me a while back when I thought I was watching a new film with a period setting until a teenage Jodie Foster appeared on screen). Even though the film itself didn't wow me, the tone of it did. There was ugliness to it - from the big square cars to the decor and that extended to the way people communicated - that I really appreciated. Even the kids felt like Eighties kids, even though they'd all have been born this side of the millennium. Whoever coached them to the nuances of the time did so really well. I suppose it makes as much sense as "perm", but I just wasn't used to hearing "permanent" used. When I was young, half my family members and most kids at school (girls and boys alike) seemed to be obsessed with perms so I heard the word a lot. I was one of the few who never experimented there, and I'm glad now because I know I'd have ended up with the one that made me look like the girl in the film (fortunately, nature gave me thick lustrous curls throughout my Twenties and into my Thirties, before it cruelly decided that was it with me and hair). A couple of characters discussed Sun-In as well, which reminded me of this being the only thing I was permitted to use when everyone else was getting highlights. And by the time my parents relented this much, it was far too late anyway and everyone else had moved on. [/QUOTE]

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