Time & Perspective Quote by Lexa Doig

Ten years is just long enough for mockery to calcify into taste. Lexa Doig’s line lands because it catches nostalgia in the act of laundering itself: the eighties were recently the butt of the joke, and now they’re being re-sold as vibe. The rhetorical question isn’t a request for a trend report; it’s a small, exasperated audit of cultural memory. Who decided the decade graduated from “cringe” to “iconic,” and what are we trying to get back by doing it?

As an actress who came of age in the shadow of that era’s aesthetics, Doig is positioned as both witness and consumer. The subtext is weary recognition of the pop culture churn: we ridicule yesterday’s excesses to prove we’re sophisticated, then resurrect them once the embarrassment has faded and the branding opportunities are ripe. The eighties become safe again when enough time has passed that people can treat them as costumes rather than lived experience.

The line also pokes at how trends function as emotional shortcuts. “Bringing them back” implies not just shoulder pads or synth lines, but the promise of a simpler, shinier past where everything was louder and, conveniently, less complicated. Doig’s skepticism is the point: revival culture isn’t about accuracy or affection. It’s about control. We remix a decade into a curated playlist, strip out the uglier politics and anxieties, and call it fun.

That’s why it works: it’s funny, but it’s also a quiet accusation. If we spent a decade laughing at the eighties, what changed - the decade, or our need for a comforting rewind?