I feel so immersed in the 70s
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In 1980, white demographic was 83% of the United States. The original Halloween movie had either none or almost no non-white people, which would be expected for a middle class, midwestern suburb.
The 17% of non-white Americans would largely be found in the cities.
I could dissect the characters in several ways, but I'll keep it at the other standout which is the woman wearing the cross, that haircut is not a 70s haircut AT ALL. It's a completely modern hairstyle.
And again, that clothing style is very modern. A woman wearing a black leather jacket type thing you might see hipster chicks wear in downtown Portland, would be very odd in a middle class midwestern suburban neighborhood in the late 70s.
There were, in fact, black people in the 70s.
The woman's hair style is attempting to emulate this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Farrah_Fawcett_1977.JPG Which was a popular look in the late 70s and early eighties.
They probably did the best they could with unreal meta human.
The hair style you're referring to is the first girl. I said the girl wearing the cross and the leather jacket.
I caught the period accurate Farrah Fawcett hairstyle, although noted it was put on a hispanic looking girl, but that 2nd girl shown, that is a modern hair style.
The second girl looks to be vaguely styled after Joan Jett https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNDdlMTc1N2YtMmQxZS00ZjFhLWI0ZTItYWM4MjhhZGI0OThjXkEyXkFqcGc@.V1.jpg
And as I said, would be out of place typically in a 1970s Midwest Suburb.
In New York City, in the punk rock clubs, sure you'd find Joan Jett types.
You'd stick out in a suburb in Illinois. Not saying there would be none, but it doesn't ring true to authenticity that all of these characters are the "hippest" examples of the 1970s from different demographics.
Watch Halloween from 1978. Observe how the female characters dress. The wardrobe department picked the outfits and looks based on authenticity.
If an authentic late 70s neighborhood of people is what they were going for, they didn't land it.