Lucio Easy Rider

The movie Easy rider is a wonderful criticism on the superficial and hypocritical views of society in the 1960’s. My favorite scene in the movie is when they are all sitting by the fire and George smokes marijuana for the first and goes on a rant about UFOs and aliens. Though he is talking about a ridiculous idea, what he is saying about the government or “our leaders” actually makes sense. Especially during the 60’s, the government would keep us in the shadows and only reveal to us the polished “politically correct" truth. George states, “[Our] leaders have decided to repress this information because of the tremendous shock it would cause to our antiquated system.” The media was constantly showing us the “perfect” lifestyle and the “American dream.” They were flooding us with ideals and beliefs that were acceptable to modern society, all the time claiming that this was free America where you can do and be whatever you want The south is the perfect setting for a movie like this, because these ignorant people are some of the biggest hypocrites alive. They want to believe they are free, but they are just living for money, power, and respect from their peers. As a result, they are forced to live within the confines of the “antiquated system." The alien society that George was talking about was in a way his idea of the perfect or free system. It is the true free, community where there is no racism, no stereotypes, and no ideas forced upon people. As George stated, “They don’t have any leaders, because each man is a leader.”