- Title: BAD IDEAS OF THE 20TH CENTURY: BODYISM
- Date: 12th October 1993
- Summary: IN THIS PROGRAMME GERMAINE GREER ASSAULTS THE CULT OF YOUTH IN THE 20TH CENTURY AND THE DE-VALUATION OF GETTING OLDER. GREER ARGUES THAT THE TERRIBLE WARS CREATED BY THE "OLD" TOGETHER WITH THE GLAMOUR AND POWER OF THE 1960'S YOUTH CULTURE HAVE CREATED A GENERATION THAT DOES NOT WANT TO GROW OLD AND HAS NO IDEA OF HOW TO. FROM A BEAUTY CLINIC IN CHINGFORD TO A SCHOOL FULL OF THE CHILDREN OF THE "FLOWER POWER GENERATION" TO JOANNA LUMLEY'S REHEARSAL STUDIO, GERMAINE GREER EXPLORES THE PRESSURES ON EVERYONE IN THE WEST TO STAY YOUNG AND THE ABSENCE OF ANY CLEAR PERSONAL AND SOCIAL IDEALS FOR PEOPLE OVER FORTY. SHE ATTACKS THE COMMERCIAL AND MEDIA PRESSURES ON PEOPLE TO DENY THEIR NATURAL AGEING PROCESS AND CALLS FOR A REVOLUTION THAT RECOGNISES AT LAST THAT "GREY IS BEAUTIFUL".
- Description:GERMAINE GREER ON YOUTHISM,ERICA JONG ON BODYISM AND SOMEONE ON FREUDIANISM AS WE LOOK BACK ON SOME OF THE CENTURY'S MORE CONTENTIOUS CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Panoptic Productions Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:12/10/1993
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s