Patrick invites guest host Cassidy Robinson from Jabber and the Drone, on the podcast to discuss the John Carpenter cult classic They Live. We look at the film from its’ original Reaganomics and consumerist critique to its evolution as a Shepard Fairey skateboarding meme. We also take a look at the battle to save the iconography and thesis of the film from being co-opted by Neo-Nazi groups online. And wrap things up with discussing John Carpenter the Auteur
Why ‘They Live’ Is a Subversive 1980s Masterpiece – Rolling Stone
Why Do Internet Nazis Think ’80s Cult Classic They Live Is an Anti-Jewish Conspiracy?
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