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Most Americans are satisfied with the affluent society that has richly rewarded them, but is it fair to regard the United States simply as a country of complacent conformists in grey flannel suits? In a nation-wide journey Kenneth Tynan heard the views of a varied group of dissenting citizens whose doubts about their society are proof of the continuing vitality of American democratic tradition. Among them, Mort Sahl, off-beat comedian, Dalton Trumbo, Hollywood screen-writer; Jules Feitfer, C. Wright Mills and Kenneth Galbraith of the Universities, Norman Mailer, author of 'The Naked and the Dead;" and the most outspoken of the 'beat generation', The programme is narrated by William Clark with comments by studio guests

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