Grass Roots

Genre

independent film

Country

United Kingdom

How it feels

This film follows a trio of stoner characters in the 1960s counterculture. They focus on getting and using marijuana while dodging the police. The story pokes fun at authority figures and the hippie lifestyle itself.

whimsicalirreverentcomediclaid-backsatiricalchaoticlow-stakesnostalgic

What happens

The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers is an underground comic about a fictional trio of stoner characters, created by the American artist Gilbert Shelton. The Freak Brothers first appeared in The Rag, an underground newspaper published in Austin, Texas, beginning in May 1968, and were regularly reprinted in underground publications around the United States and in other parts of the world. Later their adventures were published in a series of comic books. The lives of the Freak Brothers revolve around the procurement and enjoyment of recreational drugs, particularly marijuana, while avoiding run-ins with law enforcement. The comics present a critique of the establishment while satirizing the counterculture. Fat Freddy's Cat appears in many of the stories, spinning off his own cartoon strip (which appeared as part of the Freak Brothers comic page, in the manner of older comic strip double features) and later some full-length episodes. An animated TV series adaptation, The Freak Brothers, was released on Tubi on November 14, 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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