I loved when MST3K would rip on old Visions of thte Future newsreels, but this Disney/ Monsanto Plastics House of the Future is creepy and funny all on it's own.
In the future ,houses will be made entirely of this futuristic "plastic." My first thought, "Um, those are not renewable resources." Who would have thought that the future of construction would be green? I cringe at how all of this is pretoleum based and not recyclable. And it turns out, many of the plastics are toxic.
It's also telling that the vision of the future is still all about the little woman in an apron cleaning and preparing dinner. Other fun terms "cold zones" and "irradiated foods." In the bedroom: "even the fabrics are of made-made fibers," because vinyl sheets are so comfortable to sleep in.
Also, check out the visitors to Disneyland. Did families really dress like that? The father is wearing a suit and tie, the mother a dress and gloves, and even the little girl is in a fancy dress. For an amusement park?
And part two, in which the living room has no video component to the entertainment system (built-in HiFi but no WiFi), the bathroom looks like an airport lav, and windows of "decorative laminated safety glass."
I sort of want to introduce them to the modern amusment park guests: obese and slovenly.
Oh wait. Here:
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