“He was really a champion of 'I don't give a shit of what you think about me,’” he added. “I think that was really important for that whole period that was coming out of the shackles of the ‘50s and the second World War. It was that next generation that really pushed the envelope of self-expression and creativity, and I think he was paramount and inspiration for so many people.”Well, James, both your father and Bowie came out of those same '50s and certainly benefited from the fact that our side won that war. I rather doubt that someone like yourself, raised in privilege, would have had the nerve to challenge anything back then, especially given what you say has been said so many times.
Really, there ought to be a Fifties Festival, focusing on, say, stage plays — works by William Inge, Robert Anderson, Tennessee Williams, John Osborne, and others. Who of that caliber do we have today? (True, there's Tom Stoppard.)You could pair it with a film fest.
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