Isn't Doc too old to be a hippy in 1970?
Joaquin Phoenix was 40 when this film came out. Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't hippies overwhelmingly teenagers?
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"a malcontent who knows how to spell"
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He's 32 in the book.
shareWhat the hell does age have to do with typically having long hair, funky fine clothes and related with a subculture involving a rejection of conventional values and the taking of hallucinogenic drugs??...you Age-ist, bigoted, shppl!!!
....just sayin
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People of all ages adopted the "counterculture" lifestyle at that time. To the point where in 1970 it wasn't really a counterculture anymore. I personally took Doc's backstory as perhaps being a Korean war vet (explaining his ability with a gun at the the end of the film) who became a beatnik in the 50's and eventually a hippie.
shareDoc is only 30.
He learned to shoot as a skip tracer.
"a malcontent who knows how to spell"
Remember the "40 year old hippie" from the underground comix? Always shirtless, and barefoot.
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