The Sky is Falling!: The Unexpected Politics of Hollywood’s Superheroes and Zombies

ISBN-13: 9780241373873 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 272 str.

Peter Biskind

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Youll never look at your favourite movies and TV shows the same way again. And you shouldnt Steven SoderberghInsanely readable Slavoj ZizekYour book was ... like a bag of pot, with me saying, Im not gonna smoke. But I was insatiable Quentin Tarantino on Easy Riders, Raging BullsIn The Sky is Falling! bestselling cultural critic Peter Biskind takes us on a dizzying ride across two decades of pop culture to show how the TV and movies we love - from Game of Thrones and 24 to Homeland and Iron Man - have taught us to love political extremism. Welcome to a darkly pessimistic, apocalyptic world where winter has come, the dead are walking, and ultra violence, revenge and torture are all in a days work. Welcome to the new normal.