Hey mama, welcome to the 80s

Plan

TITLE PAGE- Faye

 Hey mama welcome to the 80s

 Looking at the trends and events of the 80s
HAIR- Lauren

 Women’s hairstyles: pencil curls (Whitney huston), fluffy and voluminous (carried on
into the 90s, madonna) & feathered (Farrah Fawcett- actress and model, charlies
angels)
 Men’s hairstyles: mullet (One of the most trendiest hairstyles, Robbie Ray), volume
(fashionable, needed hairspray and comb teasing, David Hassolhof) & buzz cut (Low
maintenance and masculine, Tom Cruise)
 In road: Professor could have a mullet because he is older, younger characters have
a buzz cut like Eddie. Brenda has feathered hair etc…
CELEBRITIES- Faye

 Celebs are influential but have dark secrets unknown to fans

 Name an 80s song
 In chat, make note of 80s song and whose theme tune it would be

FASHION- Lauren

 Denim fashionable for both men and women. The outfits were for any occasion and
were either ripped, acid washed or both
 Boxy blazers = shoulder pads. Seen in movies like Heathers. Showed women had as
much power as men
 Neon associated with 80s. Bright and ‘look at me’ statement.
 Shell suits. Popular with all genders and ages. Made of nylon. Actually pretty unsafe
and were very baggy. Matching top and bottom with bright colours and very
comfortable
 More fashion trends: Scrunchies, mini skirts, bum bags, fitness clothes
 In road: Images from 2017 production.
AIDS- Faye & Lauren

 1981- 5 gay men found with a rare lung disease in LA. By the end of that year 270
men had had this with 121 of those men dying from the disease
  1982- More cases found in gay men in California leading to this being named the Gay
Related Immune Deficiency (GRID) but later changed to Acquired immune deficiency
(AIDS). Cases were found in Europe and many charities to help were formed

 1983- Female partners were found with AIDS meaning it could be spread through
heterosexual intercourse. It was also found within children. They thought it was
spread contact but then discovered it was spread through infected mothers in
childbirth
 1984- Blood test and screenings began alongside hopes of finding a vaccine within
two years. AIDS was also found to be transferred by drug users who were asked not
to use/share needles
 1985- 20,303 cases in the whole of the world.

 1987- global program to raise awareness, first treatment for HIV, passed from
mother breastfeeding, estimate of 5-10 million cases of HIV worldwide  
 1988- 1st December world aids day, groundwork laid for USA national AIDS care
system 
 1989-142,000 reported cases of AIDS but estimated to 400,000 cases, first guidelines
to prevent PCP which is the most common cause of death 
 Fear mongering/propaganda -> fed on people’s lack of knowledge of spread  

->Catchy, scary headlines with information how to prevent the spread in small text at
the bottom  ->’A bad reputation isn’t all you can get from sleeping around’  

 In road: Isn’t a topic that is discussed or mentioned and no LGBTQ characters appear
in Road, however Aids was a scary and prominent illness in the 80s that was very
mysterious. Many characters hook up (not always sexually) showing they don’t really
care enough about themselves to care about this disease and it being spread around.

FILM- Faye

 Relating to Road:
-Dynasty: theme plays on PG 25 & Dor mentions ‘Blake Carrington’ PG 52
-Clare mentions watching TV but not anything with ‘clever talk’ -> probably watches
East Enders and miniseries like ‘Thorn Birds’
-Back to the Future: Linda probably watches lots of films like this to escape her
upsetting home life

EVENTS- Faye

 Notable events:
-1982: Unemployment rises to 3 million -> Jerry PG 30 ‘There was so many jobs
then.’, Joey PG 34 ‘There’s no jobs, I was robbed of mine.’
 -1984: IRA Brighton Bombing -> Thatcher assassination attempt, play is anti-thatcher

QUESTIONS- Lauren

 Ask everyone individually

 Cameron, Kasia, Kyle, Zach, Jake, Jack, Billy, Sophia, Destiny & Nige