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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Red Dawn and America’s obsession with Insurgents
Watching Red Dawn, that astonishingly up-front Reagan-era bit of violent Cold War paranoia fused with teenage NRA wish-fulfillment, I was struck once again by how strongly the narratives of American pop culture emphasize underdog insurgency fantasies in which the heroes … Continue reading
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