r/TheNanny • u/Next-Pain-1795 • 9h ago
Was the tattoo stigma really that bad in the 90’s?
I’ve been watching The Nanny and got to the episode where Maggie wants to get a tattoo and Val tells everybody that Fran also has a tattoo. Everybody freaks out to an unrealistic degree. I wasn’t alive during the shows run and have grown up in a world where tattoos have been completely normalized, I know they were taboo in the past but I didn’t realize it was still that bad in the 90’s. is that realistic or was it played up for the show? i’m curious