The Beat Generation
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The Beat Generation

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The Beat Generation
1959, U.S. one-sheet -- 41x27in. (104x69cm.), linen-backed, (A-)
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Lot Essay

As outsiders in the conformist 1950s, Beatniks experienced all the usual stereotyping and prejudice from those around them. Never slow to spot an opportunity, the exploitation film industry was quick to take advantage of the public's ignorance and disapproval of what Time magazine called 'a pack of oddballs who celebrate dope, sex and despair'.

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