Singing in The Rain, Then and Now

Aside from the happy, upbeat nature of the 1952 song, Singing in The Rain was culturally the reflection of the world of art. People were not used to sound and now sound existed in the biggest form... musical. The premise of the initial idea of musical was to make people happy because of the global fear of communism and the fear of the rekindling of the issues that had been "resolved" at the conclusion of WWII. People needed happy, positive thoughts and Singing in the Rain was a sort of propaganda for that way of thinking. The plot seemed to reflect the idea that there was no mold for what a superstar was, everyone could be a Hollywood actress if they possessed the talent as well as the idea that humility and respect should be given to all.
Fast forward, nineteen years later and we have Stanley Kulbrick's A Clockwork Orange was a complete 180 of what the original Singing in the Rain was. The character who sung it was not the good guy and was no where close to being good whilst singing it. It was pretty bold of Kulbrick to have the famous piece in his movie but even more brave for him to utilize it while raping the woman in the film. Musically the song was out of context and outdated considering the 1970s were more of a progressive rock, pop era. The song made a point to me, I think the message was that in the light of everything new we tend to forget what the old things meant.