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Easy Rider

"Easy Rider's excursions into the dystopian regions of American national
identity coupled with its abrupt demolition of its heroes places it firmly
within the transitional discourses of the time that were dramatically
rewriting the optimism of the frontier ethic."

In "The Road to Dystopia", Klinger explains the social importance of the movie Easy Rider because of its representation of the America's new counterculture's collision with the traditional ideals of the"old" America. The above quote from the text is significant because it situates the broad themes that the Billy and Wyatt represent into the old idea about what being "on the road" means. Wyatt's proclamation of "We blew it" probably relates to this idea of the negative consequences of being on the road. I think that he means that choosing to go on the road was a big mistake. After George gets murdered, Wyatt's whole attitude about the trip changes, and when he says, "we blew it", I think he means that they found nothing good on the road, and that nothing good was in store for them. And he was right.

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