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My interviewee is my mom, her name is Theresa Jane Neflas. She was born on October 21st 1969. She lived in Los Angeles all her life with both parents divorced. Her life was rough. Her mom was never there, but she stayed with an abusive drunk dad all of her life. He was nice when he was sober during the weekdays. She was the first child to be born in United States because her family was from the Philippines. She had other family around Los Angeles, but she mainly stayed with her dad or sometimes went over to her grandma's house during the weekdays when her dad worked. Her upbringing in the 1970s was that she was raised rough and which made her the person she is today. During the 1970s music was extremely important in my mom's childhood. The most popular musicians in the 1970s she thought was the Jackson Five, The Bee Gees, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Eagles, and Bob Dylan. Her favorite singers were the Jackson Five and The Bee Gees because growing up as the first child being born in the United States, her family loved disco music. My mom’s favorite song is “Saturday Night Fever” by The Bee Gees. She picked this song …show more content…

Most TV shows were family shows for urban cities. They were friendly for all ages and never really exploited things about race or gender in society. My mom said most TV shows were like this because at this time all families gathered together to watch TV and enjoy family shows after dinner. TV’s today are color and have HD which is a major difference than TV’s in the 70s. Also, cable wasn't invented. My mom’s favorite shows were Happy Days, MASH, Trees Company, and Laverne & Shirley. She usually watched Happy Days and Trees Company with her cousins and friends. There were many movies in the 70s. Some examples are the Godfather, Jaws, Star Wars, Rocky, and Alien. Her favorite was Rocky because she used to go watch the movie all the time with her dad and family during the

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