But these are not the kind of crowds I'm nostalgic for. I'm thinking more along the lines of this, when people gathered in droves to look at an armless woman:
Scared me for a second before I scrolled down to the picture. Because after all, there was a time where people would gather in droves to look at an armless woman. Or even better an armless, legless woman. But I don't imagine you're nostalgic for "freak shows."
I love Stockholm Syndrome, especially because it reminds me of this cute anecdote involving my older son. Sorry everybody, but I'll quickly share it. He was like 5 and we were watching an episode of
The Flinstones where, I can't remember the exact details but a dinosaur bursts into their home and throws Fred out, but the rest of the family grows to like the dinosaur.
My son, watching, goes, "Stockholm syndrome."
(I know that plot sounds kind of like the scenario in the opening credits, so I may be confusing them. But whatever it was, Stockholm Syndrome was an accurate description.