I believe I'm misunderstood. Yes, they would not be out of place in the 50s or 60s or outside America today.
The comment I heard was that they would be out of place today (among the above mentioned group) and that boardshorts would have been more "correct" (or, to more accurately quote the commenter "not so gay").
The person making the comment was unaware that Americans are weirdly prudish in swimwear and apparently doesn't know James Bond is most definately not American.
Until knowing the time period of the film, I couldn't respond "but that's what everyone wore back then". Now I can simply say "but that's what everyone wears everywhere but here".
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Date: 2006-11-20 11:43 pm (UTC)The comment I heard was that they would be out of place today (among the above mentioned group) and that boardshorts would have been more "correct" (or, to more accurately quote the commenter "not so gay").
The person making the comment was unaware that Americans are weirdly prudish in swimwear and apparently doesn't know James Bond is most definately not American.
Until knowing the time period of the film, I couldn't respond "but that's what everyone wore back then". Now I can simply say "but that's what everyone wears everywhere but here".
More's the pity.