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Dimitri and Khalid analyze the impact of 'Dirty Harry' and its sequels on American cinema and culture.

In the latest installment of SJ’s Video Weltanschauung, Dimitri and Khalid dissect the Silent Majority’s cinematic counterattack on early ‘70s San Francisco Bay Area leftism: “Dirty Harry” and its four sequels. Topics include: “Dirty Harry” as the ur-text of modern American cop dramas/action movies, the Bay Area counterculture from the POV of the pig, Harry’s implied neurodivergence (shades of Cobra), the new Criminal Subject who’s Just That Evil and cannot be bargained with or understood, New Hollywood fashlord John Milius, the PTK’d Vietnam Vet undertones of the first three films, the SLA-inspired villains of “The Enforcer”, the triumph of political amnesia during the Reagan Years, Ronnie quoting Harry’s “Go ahead, make my day!” line in a fight over welfare cuts, the sinister Spectacle-Secrecy dialectic, and much more… For access to full-length premium SJ episodes, upcoming installments of DEMON FORCES, and the Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe at https://patreon.com/subliminaljihad.

People in this episode

Hosts: Dimitri, Khalid

Topics covered

• Dirty Harry
• San Francisco Bay Area leftism
• American cop dramas
• political amnesia
• Vietnam Vet undertones
• New Hollywood

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dirty Harry, The Enforcer

Places: San Francisco Bay Area

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