The Bopper Brigade

December, 1967

The Cool Tycoon: A $250,000 underground epic film is about to be shot in Greenwich Village. Hundreds of klieg lights attached to the great arch cast eerie shadows in the fountain. Microphones hang from the trees. Electrical cables leading from huge generators crisscross the pavement. Over 200 paid extras, dressed in authentic Visigothic armor, fill the benches. One hundred union technicians respond to commands shouted by Andy Anger, the 16-year-old director, through his megaphone. He is standing...

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