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Full-Throttle Franchise - The Culture, Business and Politics of Fast & Furious (Hardcover)
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Full-Throttle Franchise - The Culture, Business and Politics of Fast & Furious (Hardcover)
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When the first Fast & Furious film was released in June 2001,
few predicted that it would be a box office hit, let alone the
launchpad for a multi-billion-dollar franchise. A mid-budget crime
movie set around L.A.'s underground car-racing scene, featuring a
cast of relative unknowns, the film became one of the surprise hits
of that summer, earning more than 5 times its budget in worldwide
ticket sales. 2 decades and 9 films later, Fast & Furious today
ranks among the 10 highest-grossing movie franchises of all time,
with a box office total of $6.6 billion and has also given rise to
an animated TV show and theme park ride. Full-Throttle Franchise is
the first book to offer an in-depth analysis of the Fast &
Furious, bringing together a range of scholars to explore not only
the style and themes of the franchise, but also its broader
cultural impact and legacy. The collected essays establish the
franchise's importance in cinematic and ideological terms, linking
their discussions to wider issues of genre, representation,
adaptation, and industry. Topics range from stardom and
performance, focusing on key actors Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson,
to the way in which Fast & Furious intersects with dominant
ideas of racial, gender, and sexual identity. Aimed at both
scholars and fans, Full-Throttle Franchise seeks to uncover just
what has made Fast & Furious so enduringly popular, mapping its
outrageous set pieces, ever-expanding universe, and growing cast of
global megastars in terms of wider cultural and industrial forces.
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