The unsupervised kids of 'Stranger Things' would be a nightmare for today's parents
These days, only kids in movies are free to explore Editor's Note: This post was originally published in July 2016 and has been updated in advance of the Season 2 premiere of Stranger Things, on Friday, October 27.
The Netflix series Stranger Things is perfectly engineered to attract viewers of a certain age with a love letter to 1980s pop culture. But beyond Trapper Keepers and boomboxes, the show has tapped into a very specific type of nostalgia?leaving viewers reminiscing about a time when kids roamed their neighborhoods on bikes, by themselves, for better or for worse.
Stranger Things takes place in the town of Hawkins, Indiana in the winter of 1983, with period-perfect soundtrack and wardrobe choices that place some of us squarely back in the wood-paneled basements of our youths.
If Stranger Things feels even more eerily familiar, that?s because the show?s aesthetic is meant to evoke great ?80s thrillers like Stand by Me, The Goonies, and E.T., in some cases, providing shot-by-shot references. As in those classic films, the kids are left at home by themselves to get spooked, then make their (sometimes gruesome) discoveries deep in the nearby woods, without an adult in sight.
It?s the bike moments of Stranger Things that really resonate. The kids ride their banana-seat and BMX bikes to school, to each others houses?even at night!?and without a single helmet. Bikes also represent a type of freedom compared to car-bound adults that works to the kids? advantage. One...
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