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Privilege (1967, dir. Peter Watkins)
“American novelist Norman Bognor and I adapted the script, which we retitled Privilege, to emphasize the significance of [fictional pop star] Steven Shorter as an allegory for the manner in which national states, working via religion, the mass media, sports, Popular Culture, etc., divert a potential political challenge by young people.
In case this theme appears exaggerated, it is important to keep in mind that it was set in the ‘swinging Britain’ of the 1960s, and was prescient of the way that Popular Culture and the media in the US commercialized the anti-war and counter-culture movement in that country as well.”
-Watkins on Privilege](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnp21hnlzq1qzdvhio1_r3_400.jpg)
Privilege (1967, dir. Peter Watkins)
“American novelist Norman Bognor and I adapted the script, which we retitled Privilege, to emphasize the significance of [fictional pop star] Steven Shorter as an allegory for the manner in which national states, working via religion, the mass media, sports, Popular Culture, etc., divert a potential political challenge by young people.
In case this theme appears exaggerated, it is important to keep in mind that it was set in the ‘swinging Britain’ of the 1960s, and was prescient of the way that Popular Culture and the media in the US commercialized the anti-war and counter-culture movement in that country as well.”
-Watkins on Privilege
