If the movie spectacular was basically a failure in the 60s, why did it re-emerge and surge in popularity as the “blockbuster” in the 70s? Was there an essential differentiating trait between the “big” movies of these two eras?

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What was the status — fictional and real — of women in Hollywood from 1950 to today? 2. If the movie spectacular was basically a failure in the 60s, why did it re-emerge and surge in popularity as the “blockbuster” in the 70s? Was there an essential differentiating trait between the “big” movies of these two eras? Actors? Stories? Effects? Sound? 3. Discuss sex and violence in movies of the 70s. What do you think brought on increasingly graphic scenes of sex in general, but also violent sex and even rape?