Description
| Product ID: | 9780241373873 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Sky is Falling! |
| Subtitle: | The Unexpected Politics of Hollywood’s Superheroes and Zombies |
| Authors: | Author: Peter Biskind |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Popular culture, Popular culture, Media studies, Political ideologies and movements, Media studies, Political ideologies |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 'You'll never look at your favourite movies and TV shows the same way again. And you shouldn't' Steven Soderbergh '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 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 day's work. Welcome to the new normal. ''You''ll never look at your favourite movies and TV shows the same way again. And you shouldn''t'' Steven Soderbergh |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-09-05 |
