About this episode
Jamelle, for one, has been very excited about this episode, an analysis of Joel Schumacher’s 1993 film “Falling Down.” In the conversation, Jamelle and John discuss the populist moment of the early 1990s, the discourse around the “angry white man,” the class politics (or lack thereof) of the film, and the erosion of the post-war anti-fascist consensus.
Connor Lynch produced this episode. Artwork by Rachel Eck.
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New York Times front-page for February 26, 1993
Carol Clover on “Falling Down” in Sight and Sound magazine.
A New York Time story on the “race to win over the angry white male” from 1995.
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