Documentary on the term Yuppie - Part one

Title

Documentary on the term Yuppie - Part one

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Vox pop

TX Date

Oct 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:05:46

Description

First part of a documentary on the term, Yuppie. Includes etymological discussion, cultural analysis of journalism and advertising, vox pop on awareness of the term, interviews with Peter York (author of The Official Sloane Ranger Diary) and Oliver Cleaver of advertising agency Ogilvy and Mather. Also includes the music track, Smooth Operator by Sade and discussion on Paul Smith the fashion retailer. Produced (and presented?) by Halina Kierkuc.

Contributors

Peter York; Oliver Cleaver; Halina Kierkuc

Keywords

Journalism; Advertising; Fashion; Culture; Social class; Upper class; Etymology; Cross cultural analysis; Historical research

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