They Live
earliest edition we have, 2014 Wallflower Press, 2014 paperback 128 pages
Born out of the cultural flamboyance and anxiety of the 1980s, 'They Live' (1988) is a hallmark of John Carpenters singular canon, combining the aesthetics of multiple genres and leveling an attack against the politics of Reaganism and the Cold War. The decision to cast the professional wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper as his protagonist gave Carpenter the additional means to comment on the hypermasculine attitudes and...
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