There’s a song in the musical Bye Bye Birdie where the kids sing while gossiping on the telephone, which in the time period of the stage play and film’s setting seems like a new-fangled innovation that the kids have normalized, much to the annoyance of their parents.
The song, Telephone Hour, contrasts the practical usage of the phone by parents (calling grandma, etc.) with the frivolous usage of the teens (gossiping and staying connected), and the divide between the two usages (one serious and adult / the other silly and adolescent) isn’t too different from the attitudinal divide between social media networks, for example, between Linked In and Facebook.
The resulting contrast seems a lot like year 2020 coronavirus Zoom Gallery view meetings, if you asked me. In reflection, have we really come that far?
Dottore Mark 
I enjoyed your post very much!! The more things change, the more they stay the same….
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Thanks, Lee. Glad that you enjoyed it.
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Considering most of the contemporary debates on the use of social media, the song Telephone Hour makes sense. I was not aware of this song and I liked that. Thanks for sharing!!! 🙂 Seems like I’ll be learning a lot from your interesting perspectives.
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Thanks, Omer for those kind words.
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