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Tom K Morris @tomkmorris.bsky.social · 7h

You made the Nixon segment!

Tom K Morris @tomkmorris.bsky.social · 8h

But I guess the question is, why would anyone want to go to a ‘60s UK pub if it isn’t going to be shagadelic? Otherwise, what’s fun or even noteworthy about “1960s British Pub?”

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Frank H. Woodward @fhw.bsky.social · 9h

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Tom K Morris @tomkmorris.bsky.social · 8h

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Tom K Morris @tomkmorris.bsky.social · 8h

Ideally, Disney builds “idealized” or cinematic versions of somewhere in time, Main St, Liberty Sq, Hollywood Blvd, World Showcase, Harambe Village all prime examples, all authentic & well-researched but given varying degrees of “stardust.” Main St, more stardust. Harambe Village, less stardust.

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Tom K Morris @tomkmorris.bsky.social · 9h

I’m not sure, but I don’t even think that lawn lasted a year. But the Podocarpus Gracilior is still there!

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Tom K Morris @tomkmorris.bsky.social · 9h

Bangers & Mash probably.

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Tom K Morris @tomkmorris.bsky.social · 9h

…something like that photo. Actually, I’d probably start by getting screen caps from the Austin Powers films bc they were not too far off—they really were the cinematic version of the late 1960s.

I wish I could answer this more succinctly, but Joe Rohde I am not.

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Tom K Morris @tomkmorris.bsky.social · 9h

…restaurants, shops, and other businesses. These are things I actually do remember from that time period, but to your point, trends and styles tend to get reimagined and “cinema-fied” with each new generation. So if someone asked me to create a cinematic version of a ‘60s pub, I might start with…

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Tom K Morris @tomkmorris.bsky.social · 9h

The lighting wouldn’t have been that sophisticated, likely those patterns would’ve been painted & lit ultravioletly or laminated on the wall. There would’ve been lava lamps (introduced in the UK) and simpler lighting effects such as mirror balls…probably not typically in a “pub” per se but in…

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Tom K Morris @tomkmorris.bsky.social · 9h

Both. It’s a complicated answer mired in semantics, but the style in the photo is reminiscent of actual places that were on the vanguard of the mod/psychedelic movement in the ‘60s—thinking of Carnaby Street in London & SoHo districts in NY, LA, and SF—but that became more prevalent in the ‘70s…