1. Want to know where the post-war American counterculture started? In a small cafe in Chicago with Mike Nichols and Elaine May on stage.
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4. Freud was in the air & a general dissatisfaction with the conformist mainstream. Hefner was starting up his version of sexual liberation
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5. Out out the ambiance of Chicago beat-dom, Nichols & May crafted a new comedic sensibility: neurotic, confessional, relationship-obsessed
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@HeerJeet Interestingly, this also coincides with Friedman and the "Chicago School" of Economics (which couldn't be any less Bohemian)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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