The election of Donald Trump to the presidency has lead to a cottage industry of think pieces evaluating science fiction and horror films anew for “the Trump era.” It’s the gift that keeps on giving, as the ideological lines and power structures people have been noting and satirizing for decades proceeded apace to create the monster that is a Trump presidency, so there is a seemingly bottomless pit of these pop culture artifacts to reevaluate. There’s something comforting about thinking the clues to our current clusterfuck all laid dormant in our pop culture for so long. If only we’d heeded the warnings of 1984, all of this could’ve been avoided!
Still, John Carpenter’s They Live is a uniquely resonant political statement today, as blunt and powerful as an atomic drop from star Rowdy Roddy Piper. A new video essay combines clips from the movies, archival ...
Still, John Carpenter’s They Live is a uniquely resonant political statement today, as blunt and powerful as an atomic drop from star Rowdy Roddy Piper. A new video essay combines clips from the movies, archival ...
- 4/19/2017
- by Clayton Purdom
- avclub.com
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