Moderated by Robert Lewis. The panelists begin by addressing Robert Lewis's concerns about how yuppies are portrayed in the media. Peter Tauber explains how the 60s generation became yuppies as well as the contradictory values of being a yuppie. Molly Ivins describes being along the "periphery" of the yuppie generation. Annette Goodheart notes that ridiculing yuppies shows society's distress about materialism and nuclear annihilation. Roger Ebert believes that there is nothing wrong with consumerism and focusing on the self. The panelists discuss whether the yuppies are still missing something, bodybuilders, the 60s, sexuality, movies, drugs, and the productivity of yuppies.
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Moderated by Robert Lewis. The panelists begin by addressing Robert Lewis's concerns about how yuppies are portrayed in the media. Peter Tauber explains how the 60s generation became yuppies as well as the contradictory values of being a yuppie. Molly Ivins describes being along the "periphery" of the yuppie generation. Annette Goodheart notes that ridiculing yuppies shows society's distress about materialism and nuclear annihilation. Roger Ebert believes that there is nothing wrong with consumerism and focusing on the self. The panelists discuss whether the yuppies are still missing something, bodybuilders, the 60s, sexuality, movies, drugs, and the productivity of yuppies.
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