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In contemporary American public culture, the legacy of the consumer revolution of the 1960s is unmistakable. Today, there are few things more beloved of our masses than the figure of the cultural rebel, the defiant individualist resisting the mandates of the machine civilization. Whether he is an athlete decked out in a mowhawk and multiple-pierced ears, a policeman who plays by his own rules, an actor on a motorcycle, a soldier of fortune with explosive bow and arrow, or a rock star in leather jacket and sunglasses, the rebel has become the paramount cliché of our popular entertainment, and the pre-eminent symbol of the system he is supposed to be subverting. In advertising especially, he rules supreme Thomas Frank		Friday Jul 18, 2025
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The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance. Peter De Vries

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Peter De Vries

Peter De Vries

Peter De Vries (February 27, 1910 - September 28, 1993) was an American editor and novelist known for his satiric wit.

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The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.