Punks and Poseurs: A Journey Through the Los Angeles Underground (1985)
At its core, “Punks and Poseurs” is a narration-free concert film, but it’s cut with terrific interview footage that explores the changing nature of punk, from insider and outsider perspectives. There’s a lot of great footage with writer/performers Pleasant Gehman and Iris Berry, torpedoing the influx into the music scene of neophyte phonies who just didn’t get it, explaining title of the program. (After this first aired in 1985, a bunch of the new waver/Durannie chicks at my high school—which is to say all the girls who were trying their suburban Ohio best to look like Gehman and Berry—started calling everyone “poseurs,” which was pretty funny.) There’s also a hilarious interview with employees at a store called “Poseur,” which sold punk fashions and accessories—people had to get that shit somewhere before Hot Topic forever banished punk to the mall, no? Also keep an eye out for the kid giving a primer on how to fashion liberty spikes with Knox gelatine.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Punks and Poseurs: A Journey Through the Los Angeles Underground about?
- At its core, “Punks and Poseurs” is a narration-free concert film, but it’s cut with terrific interview footage that explores the changing nature of punk, from insider and outsider perspectives. There’s a lot of great footage with writer/performers Pleasant Gehman and Iris Berry, torpedoing the influx into the music scene of neophyte phonies who just didn’t get it, explaining title of the program. (After this first aired in 1985, a bunch of the new waver/Durannie chicks at my high school—which is to say all the girls who were trying their suburban Ohio best to look like Gehman and Berry—started calling everyone “poseurs,” which was pretty funny.) There’s also a hilarious interview with employees at a store called “Poseur,” which sold punk fashions and accessories—people had to get that shit somewhere before Hot Topic forever banished punk to the mall, no? Also keep an eye out for the kid giving a primer on how to fashion liberty spikes with Knox gelatine.
- Who stars in Punks and Poseurs: A Journey Through the Los Angeles Underground?
- Punks and Poseurs: A Journey Through the Los Angeles Underground stars Charles M. Young, Pleasant Gehman, Iris Berry.
- How long is Punks and Poseurs: A Journey Through the Los Angeles Underground?
- Punks and Poseurs: A Journey Through the Los Angeles Underground has a runtime of 1h 0m (60 minutes).
- What genre is Punks and Poseurs: A Journey Through the Los Angeles Underground?
- Punks and Poseurs: A Journey Through the Los Angeles Underground is a Music, Documentary film.
- Where was Punks and Poseurs: A Journey Through the Los Angeles Underground produced?
- Punks and Poseurs: A Journey Through the Los Angeles Underground was produced in United States of America.