“They Live” is fear of Reagonomics
Alienating the Audience
English - April 13, 2023 07:00 - 58 minutes - 80.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 201 ratingsScience Fiction Fiction Comedy comedy humor sciencefiction scifi Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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John Carpenter’s “They Live” is a cult classic about seeing through societal mirage to glimpse the strings of the puppet masters. It’s also a specific and intentional “primal scream” against Reagonomics. Ron Hayden joins to discuss.