The essay we're reading for tomorrow (in the Green Packet), a chapter from Rolling Stone music critic Rob Sheffield's excellent book of personal nonfiction Talking to Girls about Duran Duran, contains a number of specific references to music and popular culture in the 1980s. Each chapter is titled after and arranged around a specific song; in this case, it's OMD's "Enola Gay" (which I'd wager most of you are unlikely to be familiar with). Uni High's resident expert on 1980s popular culture, Dr. Elizabeth Majerus, has helpfully assembled some links to videos and a classic clip from the movie Airplane! that might help you make sense of all these references:
http://emajerus.blogspot.com/2017/08/some-rob-sheffield-related-links.html
You are not required to check out all of these, but they are provided as a supplement to the essay, in case your curiosity is aroused.
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