Easy Rider — Appreciating Influence

It won’t be a movie I come back to time and time again because of its merits as a film, but I sit here writing this glad that I watched it and that I can now understand yet another small part of film history.

A More Tender Look at the Downtrodden

Mac is able to enact inspire and spark a small scale “uprising” through personal relationships. He leads by example and shows his friends what they are missing out on. Instead of some difficult to grasp abstract idea, it’s the personal relationship and firsthand experience which they latch on to, and that is extremely special.