“Escapism?”
Escapism isn’t woke that has to include ESG/LGBTQ in EVERY part of a movie and make it normal. Escapism isn’t fantastic superheroes with ridiculous personalities, dubious capability or non-capabilities coupled with jerky action scenes where no one an actually follow what’s going on.
In short, escapism isn’t amoralistic values shaming OR lifestyle adulation. Escapism is supposed to take us away from what they’re trying to force us to tolerate, accept and endorse currently.
The big difference between the average movie from then and what is coming out now is that the old movies were entertaining. I could see myself going to the movies a few times each week to get out of the house, away from the depression and war (or impending war) and walking out of the movie house feeling like I got my money's worth.
Today, the motive was "education" and "message" seems to have overwhelmed the profit motive tool of ensuring that the audience gets its money's worth.