Book chapter
Politics in Conventions: Conspiracy as a Cinematic Trope for System
Politics in Popular Movies, pp.30-35
Routledge
2015
DOI: 10.4324/9781315632759-9
Abstract
Apparently President George W. Bush once took a dim view of Conspiracy Theory (1997), “the weird, noirish tale of a comically paranoid taxi driver (Mel Gibson) who discovers-when the CIA crashes into his life to torture himthat ‘they’ really are out to get him.”2 Newsweek reported that Bush “didn’t like it-big time. Slow start, confusing plot, just a mess.”3 Social scientists have not always agreed with Bush or any other president, but here they find some common cause. Social scientists scorn conspiracy theory-big time. Likewise they scoff at the conspiracy politics in popular films.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Politics in Conventions: Conspiracy as a Cinematic Trope for System
- Creators
- John S Nelson
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Politics in Popular Movies, pp.30-35
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.4324/9781315632759-9
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2015
- Academic Unit
- International Programs; Graduate College Operations Distr; Political Science
- Record Identifier
- 9983983226802771
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