Michael and Us: Pleasant Valley Sunday
What do the Monkees have in common with the Vietnam War?
May 4, 2022
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May 4, 2022
Michael and Us: Pleasant Valley Sunday
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<p>The Monkees were a prefabricated pop band who didn't play their own instruments and didn't get much respect. But in 1968, they teamed with director Bob Rafelson and a young writer named Jack Nicholson to take charge of their image with HEAD (1968), a corrosive satire that asks: what do the Monkees have in common with the Vietnam War?</p><br /><p>Donate to an abortion fund: <a href="https://www.thecut.com/article/donate-abortion-fund-roe-v-wade-how-to-help.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.thecut.com/article/donate-abortion-fund-roe-v-wade-how-to-help.html</a></p><br /><p><em>Michael and Us</em> is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.</p>
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