Singing in the Rain

The song "Singing in the Rain" was used in two completely different scenarios. First seen in the movie, Singing in the Rain in 1952, the song is played in a happy scene. The man is ecstatic and energetic singing powerfully and dancing in the rain. Next, Singing in the Rain is played in the movie Clockwork Orange in 1971. This scene is the complete opposite of the previous movie. Random men knock on a couples' door asking to use the telephone claiming they had got into an accident. The woman does not want to let the strangers in but her husband insists on doing so. The men are all dressed in white with black shoes and masks. They continually beat the woman and the man in an extremely violent scene while singing, "I'm singing in the rain". I believe the huge difference in the usage of this song is because of built up anger from all of the wars that had been occurring. Between the years 1952 and 1971 three different wars were taking place, the Korean War was about to end, the Cold War had been going on for a few years and the Vietnam started roughly in the middle of this period. During this time people may have been more violent due to all that was going on around them; fighting and war. Therefore, Clockwork Orange used the song "Singing in the rain" to display people's anger and emotions, while the movie Singing in the Rain was from 1952 when people were more calm and happy.