the present study aims to understand the performance and production of a counterculture in Recife-PE from 1960 to 1970, through part of the productions and criticisms produced by professor, pop philosopher, poet and filmmaker from Pernambuco Jomard Muniz de Britto, especially addressed to Gilberto Freyre, thought as representations of a current cultural debate in the city. In order to do so, books such as: Tempo de Aprendiz (2016) by Gilberto Freyre, Interpenetrações do Brasil (2002a) and Atentados Poéticos (2002b) and the film O Palhaço Degolado (1977), all linked to Jomard Muniz de Britto. As a bibliography, names such as: Durval Albuquerque Júnior (2011, 2013a and 2013b) and Antonio P. Rezende (1997) stand out.o presente estudo objetiva ...