Why The Monkees Matter: Teenagers, Television and American Pop Culture

I enjoyed reading this book. Each person who writes about the Monkees write from a different angle and this is yet another one. I don't agree with all that was said and I know that some of what is written is not right. For example Micky and Davy were/are actors and Peter and Mike are the musicians.

Um livro com informações muito interessantes sob a ótica de uma autora de televisão sobre uma das mais famosas séries dos anos sessenta.Além de informações para profissionais, também é um livro obrigatório para os fãs da série , inserindo a mesma no processo histórico de um período tão importante.

Although much attention has been paid in the past to the music, this long-needed book is a scholarly review of The Monkees TV series and why it was so innovative. In its careful analysis of themes and characters, this book opened my eyes in a number of ways. For example, I never before thought of this program as a tribute to feminism, but the female guest characters are discussed and praised for their feminist contributions. The numerous innovations of the series such as "breaking the fifth wall" are also discussed. And you'll find a discussion of each fictional Monkee character - who are not always the same as the real Monkees. I found this book so fascinating I read it a second time as soon as I had completed it.

Very interesting facts and theories about the influences the Monkees had on the youth culture. Some annoying swings and misses when the author would talk about Frank Crawley doing end of show interviews with the guys when everyone knows it was Bob Raphelson who did the interviews. But overall ineresting information that I had not thought about befoŕe.

I am starting to understand what it is like for other people.