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Superheroes, Movies, and the State - How the U.S. Government Shapes Cinematic Universes (Hardcover)
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Superheroes, Movies, and the State - How the U.S. Government Shapes Cinematic Universes (Hardcover)
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Tricia Jenkins and Tom Secker deliver a highly original exploration
of how the government-entertainment complex has influenced the
world's most popular movie genre-superhero films. Superheroes,
Movies, and the State sets a new standard for exploring the
government-Hollywood relationship as it persuasively documents the
critical role different government agencies have played in shaping
characters, stories, and even the ideas behind the hottest
entertainment products. Jenkins and Secker cover a wide range of US
government and quasi-governmental agencies who act to influence the
content of superhero movies, including the Department of Defense,
the National Academy of Sciences' Science and Entertainment
Exchange and, to a lesser extent, the FBI and the CIA. Superheroes,
Movies, and the State deploys a thematic framework to analyze how
five of the key themes of our time-militarism, political radicalism
and subversion, the exploration of space, the role of science and
technology, and representation and identity-manifest in the
superhero genre, and the role of the government in molding
narratives around these topics. The book includes interviews with
both producers and influencer insiders and covers a wide range of
superhero products, from 1970s TV shows up to the most recent movie
and TV releases, including the first major analysis of the hit
Amazon show The Boys. In addition, it is the first deep exploration
of NASA's Hollywood office and the first detailed account of the
role of the Science and Entertainment Exchange, which has worked on
thousands of products since its creation in 2008 but is little
known outside of the industry. Superheroes, Movies, and the State
offers an innovative blend of research methods and interpretive
frameworks, combining both production histories and deep readings
of superhero texts to clearly reveal how the
government-entertainment complex works in the world of blockbuster
cinema to shape public perceptions of the United States, war,
science, and much, much more.
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