I feel like if a film is well-written, then the character's arc is complete. There really is very little room to expand on that afterwards.
So in those days, they were scooping up any young person who could sing and look decent, ah, at the same time.
I had a vague idea of the song's impact in the '60s, but that was tempered by the hate mail and threats I was receiving. It was only about ten years ago, when I finally put it back in my show because so many people were asking for it, that I understood 'Society's Child' real impact.

