Land of the Lost was considered a popular show in the 1970’s
and then in the 2000’s, the media remade it into a movie and put a comical spin
on it.
The 1970’s was focused on the Environmental Movement, Mother
Earth’s health, education and its exclusions, but also aliens!!! Aliens were
first brought up around the 1920’s but it didn’t start to become popular until the
1970’s. Also, racism and the Civil Rights Movement was happening in the 70’s. I
think the old Land of the Lost has the Sleestak to symbolize African Americans
and to also have a “scary” aspect too, which is the alien looking creatures in
my pictures above. I think there is a two in one that people fell in love with
in the 70’s.
The old and the new
version have a lot of similarities and some differences. The new one is a
comical version of the television series because people now like comedy. Not
just any comedy, but dirty, mean, sexual comedy. People now like the comedy
that make other people feel bad such as racism. People also like things that
are inappropriate such as having irregular sex on television. The only girl on
the show is wearing tight shorts, with a shirt cut half way down her chest. The
place they arrive at to time travel is a store that has boob coffee cups and other
sexual demeaning products. Will encounters the females of Chaka's tribe, but
rather than looking like primates, they appear as sexy, young, women, and a lot
more examples.
In conclusion, I
think there is a two in one symbolism in the Sleestak. They are symbolizing
African Americans. They can’t talk, all they do is attack, there is a smarter
leader, they aren’t intelligent, and none of the cast members seem to care for
them. They just get in the way. They are also alien looking creatures which is
more of a comical symbol now, compared to then.
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