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"I thought it was a fashion thing, people were wearing black"

posted 9 years ago by novastar_6
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So Grace's husband got killed 5 years ago, that would've been 1983, can somebody who was around at that time tell me if it WAS a fashion thing then to wear black?

[–] MuggCostanza 9 years ago

80's goth scene!

[–] Soodinum 9 years ago

For God's sake, really? You're atomistically analysing throwaway Bill Murray lines from a comedy?

Ffs.

[–] leon-riley-597-54310 8 years ago

Someone's grumpy..

[–] TerrorTribble 9 years ago

Well it's always been a joke that New Yorkers wear all black.

[–] BrickNash 8 years ago

He wasn't stating that there was a fashion for wearing black back then, he was assuming that it was.

[–] Stratego (30586) 6 years ago

Well, he actually did say "people were wearing black". That's an observation, not an assumption.

[–] SilverLexiGirl 8 years ago

Black was SUPER popular in the late 80s...not as much in the early 80s. But it's just a funny line that the character utters to show how little attention he pays to people while relating to the 1988 audience who of course would know how in fashion the color black was at the time