Tag: Ronald Reagan

• Carpenter’s The Thing and Politics of Paranoia

  

  In the thirty-fifth episode of The Pop Culture Lens podcast, Christopher Olson and I welcome friend of the podcast, and unofficial third host, Joe Belfeuil to discuss the influential horror film that is John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982). In this episode, the three discuss how the narrative and craft of the film has inspired a […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  February 1, 2017

  Critical/Cultural Studies, Film Studies, Uncategorized

  alien invasion, Cold War, Darwinian evolution, diagesis, Donald Trump, horror, John Carpenter, masculinity, paranoia, Ronald Reagan, survival horror, survival of the fittest, The Thing, vigilance

• Pop Culture Lens on They Live

  

  In the twenty-third episode of The Pop Culture Lens podcast, Christopher and I welcome back friend of the podcast Joe Belfeuil to discuss John Carpenter’s 1988 cult classic They Live and how the film seems as relevant if not more now. The short story the film is based on can be found on this website. […]

  CarrieLynn D. Reinhard

  May 25, 2016

  Communication Studies, Film Studies, Text Analysis

  agency, Aliens, Bubblegum, Bush, Clinton, conspiracy theories, cultural hegemony, Foucault, Giddens, Hegemony, income inequality, John Carpenter, Keith David, knowledge, Meg Foster, New World Order, oligarchy, power, Roddy Piper, Ronald Reagan, structure, They Live, Trump