Altamont Now is a uniquely humorous and critical meditation on the state
of youth rebellion in America today.
Not exact matches
The real
youth rebellion, he suggests, may be in the resurgence
of the world
of swing, where people unabashedly, and with high style, have fun, and are not embarrassed by the fact that men and women are, after all, significantly different.
For decades it has been the pattern that priests and religious who are in adolescent
rebellion against Catholic faith and life have been put in charge
of youth ministries, including those on college campuses.
Early in this awakening there appeared the new traditionalist movement, led by Timothy Dwight, who preached return to the old order, aroused the populace against the dangers
of foreigners, attacked deistic heresies and
rebellion among the
youth, and urged maintaining the old establishment
of religion.
There is a great deal
of pride and
rebellion within
youth.
A comedic slice
of Indie Rock Apocalypse, Altamont Now is a biting satire
of how the «alternative»
youth culture
of America lifts its
rebellion from the past.
Meanwhile, Atari's search for Spots gets lost in a droll rumpus
of coincidentally topical issues: deportation, a
youth rebellion against Kobayashi's autocratic ways, a Putin - style poisoning.
The bald - headed
youth which first appeared in the artist's paintings in the early 1990s has become Fang Lijun's characteristic figure and has been widely interpreted as the symbol
of disillusion, mockery and
rebellion in contemporary Chinese society.
In an 2012 article written by Holland Cotter
of the New York Times, Kelly was described as «one
of the most influential American artist
of the past quarter century and a pungent commentator on American class, popular culture and
youth rebellion».