Question

Do you think the investigations of the huac influenced the nature of pop culture explain

Answer 1

The House un-American Activities Committee founded to investigate communistic activity in American following WWI often targeted Hollywood actors/actresses and writers. As artists tend to be expressive and creative, their work was often pinpointed as non-American. As threats of being blacklisted grew, many artists conformed to American ideals and values as their way of protecting themselves. Consequently, pop culture was conformist and met the demands of government which wanted "normalcy". The goals of sitcoms was to demonstrate the proper American values of family, hard work, and patriotism. It is youth generations in the mid-to-late 1950s which will begin to challenge this conformity through beatnik writing and rock-n-roll music.