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Leatherface vs. Tricky Dick : The Texas Chain Saw Massacre As Political Satire by Martin Harris (2021, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHeadpress
ISBN-101909394815
ISBN-139781909394810
eBay Product ID (ePID)8050404039
Product Key Features
Book TitleLeatherface Vs. Tricky Dick : the Texas Chain Saw Massacre As Political Satire
Number of Pages248 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicCorruption & Misconduct, Popular Culture, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year2021
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Performing Arts, Social Science
AuthorMartin Harris
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight18 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
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Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal791.4372
SynopsisTobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre premiered in October 1974, mere weeks after the resignation and pardon of Richard Nixon. The film had been conceived, written, shot, edited, and produced precisely as Watergate was playing out, and those responsible for Chain Saw unhesitatingly spoke of the horrors of contemporary politics as having directly inspired the ones they created for the film. Leatherface vs. Tricky Dick presents a fascinating minute-by-minute exploration of the many uncanny connections between The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Watergate, as well as other ways the film comments on contemporary politics via satire and dark humour., The Watergate scandal was a horror show. What better way to satirize it than with a horror movie? Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre premiered in October 1974, mere weeks after the resignation and pardon of Richard Nixon brought an uncertain end to the most corrupt and criminal presidency in American history. The film had been conceived, written, shot, edited, and produced precisely as Watergate was playing out, and those responsible for Chain Saw unhesitatingly spoke of the horrors of contemporary politics as having directly inspired the ones they created for the film. Leatherface vs. Tricky Dick presents a fascinating minute-by-minute exploration of the many uncanny connections between The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Watergate, as well as other ways the film comments on contemporary politics via satire and (very) dark humor. Read and discover Chain Saw's response to the White House horrors, the Saturday Night Massacre, and more, as well as how Leatherface's masks relate to all those Nixon masks worn throughout "our long national nightmare.", The Watergate scandal was a horror show. What better way to satirize it than with a horror movie?Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre premiered in October 1974, mere weeks after the resignation and pardon of Richard Nixon brought an uncertain end to the most corrupt and criminal presidency in American history. The film had been conceived, written, shot, edited, and produced precisely as Watergate was playing out, and those responsible for Chain Saw unhesitatingly spoke of the horrors of contemporary politics as having directly inspired the ones they created for the film. Leatherface vs. Tricky Dick presents a fascinating minute-by-minute exploration of the many uncanny connections between The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Watergate, as well as other ways the film comments on contemporary politics via satire and (very) dark humor. Read and discover Chain Saw's response to the White House horrors, the Saturday Night Massacre, and more, as well as how Leatherface's masks relate to all those Nixon masks worn throughout our long national nightmare.
LC Classification NumberPN1997
