PERHAPS NOT THE DEFINITION HE INTENDED:

R.I.P., Dennis Hopper (Steven Zeitchik, May 29, 2010, LA Times)

Dennis Hopper died Saturday morning in Southern California at the age of 74. Hopper, who had been suffering from prostate cancer for some time, was of course a screen legend who had roles in numerous films including "Rebel Without a Cause," "Apocalypse Now" and "Blue Velvet," and of course also directed, co-wrote and co-starred in the generation-defining "Easy Rider."

A lot of the obits are referring to Easy Rider as counter-cultural. But given that everyone was rooting for the rednecks to whack the annoying bikers, wasn't it the quintessential cultural conformity film? Or, as The Wife put it, "Much as I dislike The Man, I hate hippies."

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 29, 2010 4:45 PM