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Season 1, Gen X — Episode 21 — 24 Hour Party People (2002)
· 59 min · S1 E21
Episode Season 1, Gen X — Episode 21 — 24 Hour Party People (2002)
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This week, DPP takes on Gen X myth-making about the city of Manchester – namely, through Michael Winterbottom's 2002 film 24 Hour Party People.
Why did Manchester explode as a Gen X-era subcultural and music mecca in the 1980s and 1990s, overtaking places more central to the boomer consciousness like Liverpool? And how did those involved in the post-punk and acid-house scenes of the era understand the sociology and economics of the epoch in retrospect?
Find out in today's episode.
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