January-February Film Challenge: A Film For Every Letter in the Alphabet

Film Sixteen: Putney Swope (1969) Undoubtedly, the best known of Robert Downey Sr's scathing countercultural satires, Putney Swope satirizes corporate America and the advertising industry. There is a lot to like in how the film examines the sacred cows and cultural idiosyncrasies of the 1960s through odd characters and bizarre advertising skits. The film's refreshing, at least for the 1960s, discussion of race and class in America remains pertinent. Sadly, the film feels dated at times and the jokes often fail because of it. They tend to go on for far too long, and the flat acting does little to help.



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