Thank God It's Friday

Thank God It's Friday is not a terrific piece of filmmaking, but it is
a glorious memento from 1978, when Disco fever hit Hollywood in full force. The
movement had already peaked but the clubs continued in LA for at least a couple
more years, quickly melding into a predominantly gay thing -- The Village People
are already represented on the soundtrack of this picture. As a phenomenon Disco
was exaggerated, it was but true for a trendy demographic that was young, single
and had the money for nightclubbing. I remember a UCLA film school party in
early 1976 where the new 'thing' was to practice line dancing to pre-techno
music. The department was beginning to be organized along social lines, as
opposed to the loner-activist slant of the early 70s. Those kids were pretty
progressive. Savant didn't get involved because he lacked the 1) clothes,
2)...
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