Saturday Night Fever....it's not about disco.

All the hype, all the pizzazz....John Travolta and all that jazz..

...it's all bullshit .

SNF is about finding the ocean you want to swim in, and if you're lucky enough ....youll find someone to swim those depths with you .

It's not about disco....or your tribe, or winning .
It's about dumping everything fake for who you really are .

Not disco - Discovery

It was way deeper and darker, and uglier than I expected .

I now see why it's iconic for it's time .

🎶" Because we are living in a world of fools
Breaking us down .
When they should all just let us be "🎶

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robingoodfellow · M

I watched it last year for the first time and it impressed me more than expected also.
The 70s was a great era for depicting human depth and complicated emotions onscreen.
I think if the movie was made 10 years later they'd do it as romantic fairy tale fluff.

OogieBoogie · F

@robingoodfellow i completely agree with you.
It's like the 70's (maybe early 80's) was the last bastion of real life reflected in movies .

Not saying that we don't get a gem now and then, but today most of it is regurgitated predictable mush.

I can't believe I left it this long to see it .
But then ....imma kinda glad I did, as I got to see it's depth and grit and struggle.
And if you swap disco for social media, it makes it relevant still today :
Everyone desperately escaping their mundanity and worries under the guise and glam of pretending to be someone else .