Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" (1960) vs "Bates Motel" (2013)

Abstract: 

         The sixties are known as "the age of youth" seeing as 70 million children from the post-war baby boom became teenagers and young adults. The movement away from the conservative fifties continued and eventually resulted in revolutionary ways of thinking and real change in the cultural fabric of American life. No longer content to be images of the generation ahead of them, young people wanted change, and when Alfred Hitchock introduced his movie version of Robert Bloch's novel, they got just that. From 1960 to 1970 a succession of social movements sought to stamp out inequalities in American society (civil rights, women's, and counterculture movements, as well as the stonewall rebellion). It could be argued that this was the perfect time for American Psycho to hit the big screen. By 2013, the audience for Bates Motel shrunk enormously in comparison to Psycho. I assume this is partially due to our new indifference to change. Not to mention, Alfred Hitchcock's shot of a flushing toilet was the first in movie history, due to it being seen as taboo. As of now, you can't so much as watch an episode of Game of Thrones without seeing peoples "no no squares". Due to this, I have concluded that we don't celebrate Bates Motel the way young adults our age celebrated Psycho due to the massive shift our society has taken in regards to the film industry; there are so many other "shocking" things on our TV's and in our lives now. 

During 1960 America:

-The war in Vietnam

-The war on poverty

-The fight for civil rights -Bob Dylan's hit 1964 song: The times they are a-changin"
-The Counterculture Movement
-Women's Rights Movement
-Stonewall Rebellion

Genre:

Wiki 1960:

Psycho (1960 film). (2017, September 30). Retrieved October 03, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film)

Wiki 2013:

Bates Motel (TV series). (2017, September 30). Retrieved October 03, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bates_Motel_(TV_series)

IMDB 1960:

 Psycho (1960). (n.d.). Retrieved October 03, 2017, from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/

IMDB 2013:

Bates Motel (TV Series 2013–2017). (n.d.). Retrieved October 03, 2017, from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2188671/

Social History:

The Breakthrough in American Film/ Life in the 50's-60's:

ArtiSyndicate, S. W. (2010, October 31). A ‘Psycho’ analysis: Alfred Hitchcock’s spookiest movie brought with it the end of Hollywood innocence. Retrieved October 03, 2017, from http://www.nj.com/entertainment/movies/index.ssf/2010/10/a_psycho_analysis_alfred_hitchcocks_spookiest_movie_brought_with_it_the_end_of_hollywood_innocence.html

Counterculture Movement of the 1960's:
Flower Power. (n.d.). Retrieved October 03, 2017, from http://www.ushistory.org/us/57h.asp

 Social Issues in 2013:

Hafiz, Y. (2013, December 28). 2013 Social Issues Marked Shifts In Public Opinion, Pew Research Center Surveys Report. Retrieved October 03, 2017, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/28/2013-social-issues_n_4512600.html