![]() The most important relationship of all? ![]() ![]() In his 2007 book Teenage: The Prehistory Of Youth Culture: 1875-1945, British cultural commentator Jon Savage notes that: “the spread of American-style consumerism, the rise of sociology as an academic discipline and market research as a self-fulfilling prophecy, and sheer demographics turned adolescents into Teenagers.” If teenage culture was ‘born’ in the wake of World War Two, then its pulse was immediately connected to cinema: as a vivid reflection of youthful experience, and (for savvy Hollywood studios) recognition of a fresh new audience. Nothing captures our teenage dreams – and dramas – quite like the big screen.
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