There were plenty of weirdos then. The studios made the effort to covered it up. Read Chaplin’s biography! The Chaplin movie (starring Downey) just scratches the surface.
There may have been plenty of weirdos, but the normal people correctly perceived them as weirdos and kept them out of public view.
As a kid in the 50s, I rarely heard about drugs in upstate NY and when I did, it was always about some shadowy, mysterious, surreal characters in far-away New York City.
Plenty of weirdos everywhere and ‘when. I watched a video yesterday of a gentleman’s recollections of his first job in a new car dealership in Kansas.
There was the female sales person who was sleeping with everyone, the open container of cocaine in the ‘employees only’ restroom, the discussions about how to cheat customers......
Chaplin, fatty Arbuckle just to name a few