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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> in [[San Francisco]]'s North Beach district, the Beat movement eschewed cookie-cutter Fifties conformity and [[Stepford Smiler|enforced happiness]] in favor of the lived, authentic experience.
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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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* A group of Beatniks showed up frequently in the comic series ''[[Madman (Comic Book)|Madman]]'' as antagonists at first and later, allies.
* Johnny Beyond, a character from [[Alan Moore]]'s ''[[
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Grim Fandango]]'', there's a beatnik bar called the Blue Casket containing some very hip skeletons. Manny can get up on stage and read seemingly random poetry to them. He also refers to them as 'Deadbeats'.
== [[Web Original]] ==
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