{"id":7025,"date":"2009-09-28T12:20:07","date_gmt":"2009-09-28T11:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=7025"},"modified":"2022-06-28T14:34:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T13:34:28","slug":"rebel-rousers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/rebel-rousers\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebel Rousers: Bikesploitation 101"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"\" class=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jFBf6g1mN6A?rel=0&#038;showinfo=0&#038;controls=1&#038;enablejsapi=\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If over-the-top voicovers had an Academy Awards, this guy would have a full trophy cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>And if Bikesploitation was a recognised genre, Rebel Rousers would be legend. But surprisingly, you&#8217;ve probably never seen this 1970 tale of wayward sexually depraved, murderous bikers. Probably because it is awful, in a cool kind of way.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no surprise that the studio namechecked the biker film from the era that you do remember, namely Easy Rider. Fact was that Easy Rider tapped into a very American period fear\/obsession with the evil eating away at society from within. And more often than not, it was bikers who encapsulated the thing that mainstream America feared.<\/p>\n<p>The film may be faintly ridiculous, but for anyone interested in how bikers have been (mis) represented in the media, it&#8217;s well worth a look. 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