Let's say you had a continuum that began with QUADROPHENIA, in which punk (technically, the forerunners of punk) clothes, lifestyle generally, and music particularly play a role in the story itself, and moved through EDUCATING RITA, in which Hollywood coopts punk insignia and generally makes them serve Hollywood's purposes rather than expressing what they meant in the punk subculture of their origin. What would be a third text in this continuum, in which punk insignia get used self-consciously or ironically--dare I say, in a postmodern way? By people with some connection to the originating punk subculture, perhaps, or at least more authentic connections than Hollywood can claim, but not without a consciousness of using clothes, music, lifestyle, as much for their own sake or because they have taken on some sort of meaning of their own as because that's what happens to identify the characters in the story. Thanks for any suggestions that may occur to you. [log in to unmask]