The Sky is Falling!: The Unexpected Politics of Hollywood’s Superheroes and Zombies
Autor Peter Biskinden Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 sep 2019
'Insanely readable' Slavoj Zizek
'Your book was ... like a bag of pot, with me saying, 'I'm not gonna smoke.' But I was insatiable' Quentin Tarantino onEasy Riders, Raging Bulls
InThe 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 - fromGame of Thronesand24toHomelandandIron 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 day's work. Welcome to the new normal.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241373873
ISBN-10: 0241373875
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241373875
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Peter
Biskind
is
a
contributing
editor
toVanity
Fair,
a
writer
forEsquire,
and
the
author
of
the
classic
bestsellersEasy
Riders,
Raging
BullsandDown
and
Dirty
Pictures.
He
lives
in
upstate
New
York.
Recenzii
ASunday
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Compulsively readable ... a thoughtful, entertaining and occasionally profound critical study of the texts that entertain, move and, sometimes, shape us
Excellent critical writing ... Biskind's pastiche of right-wing paranoia is spot on
Biskind's wide-ranging arguments offer considerable food for thought
The Sky is Falling!is not only insanely readable, it demonstrates how the way for Trump and all kinds of fundamentalists was paved years ago by apparently apolitical popular culture. This is a book about the seismic change at the very heart of today's society, and a book for all those who want to know exactly what a mess we're in.
Peter Biskind's kaleidoscopic deep dive into the symbiotic relationship between the narratives of popular entertainment and our political culture had me talking out loud to myself. You'll never look at your favorite movies and TV shows the same way again. And you shouldn't.
Funny, intelligent and frightening ... What happens when pop turns to pulp? When "nothing entertains but disaster?" When "democracy has all but dissolved in the acid rain of money?" Read this marvellous book and find the answers
A breathless compendium of storylines and audacious analysis ... touching on worthwhile questions about how film and TV shape our sense of history and how the world works. Pop culture has become pulp culture... which superhero will come to our rescue?
The only thing better than seeing a good movie is reading what Peter Biskind has to say about it. Who else can explicate the hidden politics of movies and make you laugh out loud at the same time?
The great chronicler of Hollywood in the late twentieth century turns his critical eye to the cinema and television of the twenty first. Essential reading
A bold, witty, and brilliantly argued analysis of the role pop culture has played in the rise of American extremism
Your book was . . . like a bag of pot, with me saying, 'I'm not gonna smoke.' But I was insatiable
Compulsively readable ... a thoughtful, entertaining and occasionally profound critical study of the texts that entertain, move and, sometimes, shape us
Excellent critical writing ... Biskind's pastiche of right-wing paranoia is spot on
Biskind's wide-ranging arguments offer considerable food for thought
The Sky is Falling!is not only insanely readable, it demonstrates how the way for Trump and all kinds of fundamentalists was paved years ago by apparently apolitical popular culture. This is a book about the seismic change at the very heart of today's society, and a book for all those who want to know exactly what a mess we're in.
Peter Biskind's kaleidoscopic deep dive into the symbiotic relationship between the narratives of popular entertainment and our political culture had me talking out loud to myself. You'll never look at your favorite movies and TV shows the same way again. And you shouldn't.
Funny, intelligent and frightening ... What happens when pop turns to pulp? When "nothing entertains but disaster?" When "democracy has all but dissolved in the acid rain of money?" Read this marvellous book and find the answers
A breathless compendium of storylines and audacious analysis ... touching on worthwhile questions about how film and TV shape our sense of history and how the world works. Pop culture has become pulp culture... which superhero will come to our rescue?
The only thing better than seeing a good movie is reading what Peter Biskind has to say about it. Who else can explicate the hidden politics of movies and make you laugh out loud at the same time?
The great chronicler of Hollywood in the late twentieth century turns his critical eye to the cinema and television of the twenty first. Essential reading
A bold, witty, and brilliantly argued analysis of the role pop culture has played in the rise of American extremism
Your book was . . . like a bag of pot, with me saying, 'I'm not gonna smoke.' But I was insatiable