One contention is that the punk rock genre has (its) origins in the United States, The United Kingdom, and Australia, between 1974 and 1978. ... One venue, the Mercer Arts Center, was a kind of mall of entertainment containing five theaters, a video-tape room, an actors' workshop, a bar and boutique. While it was open it housed several off-Broadway productions, including Ken Kesey's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "The Proposition", a satirical review. ... "We remember, in particular, one middle-aged lady from Westchester who almost blew her cookies when she was confronted...

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