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We're what you call Beatniks. Cool it, cool it, let me explain. You'll often see us wearing [[Cool Shades|shady sunglasses]], black sweaters and pants, [[Nice Hat|a beret]], sandals, and we'll sometimes carry bongos. We were probably the [[Badass]] of our time because we are so [[Totally Radical|hip]], but this isn't the 1950s anymore, dig? So if you'll excuse me, I have to cut out now.
In the United States, Beatniks were the counter-culture movement ''par excellence'' of the 1950s. Beginning in a cluster of coffeeshops and bookstores<ref>[http://www.citylights.com/ Some of them, incredibly, are still there.]</ref>
The depiction of the Beatnik in popular culture was designed by their detractors, and is a [[Flanderization]] of the hangers-on who attached themselves to the Beat movement -- essentially the [[Hipsters]] of the 1950s. With this in mind, it's not surprising that none of the real members of [[The Beat Generation]] (a term coined by [[Jack Kerouac]], signifying both "beat down" or "tired" as well as the musical connotations that came from the shared love of Jazz of many of the writers) actually conform to the Beatnik stereotype, but that might just be because [[Reality Is Unrealistic]].▼
▲The depiction of the Beatnik in popular culture was designed by their detractors, and is a [[Flanderization]] of the hangers-on who attached themselves to the Beat movement--essentially the [[Hipsters]] of the 1950s. With this in mind, it's not surprising that none of the real members of [[The Beat Generation]] (a term coined by [[Jack Kerouac]], signifying both "beat down" or "tired" as well as the musical connotations that came from the shared love of Jazz of many of the writers) actually conform to the Beatnik stereotype, but that might just be because [[Reality Is Unrealistic]].
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* Maynard G Krebs from [[The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis|''The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis'']]. Arguable the archetype for the sterotypical beatnik character in American popular culture.
* Beret girl from [[A Goofy Movie|''An Extremely Goofy Movie'']]
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