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April 29, 2005
Movies about left-wing conspiracies?
In the new cinematic explosion-fest “XXX: State of the Union,” according to this morning’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch: It's not long before Stone [the protagonist, played by Ice Cube] runs afoul of George Deckert (Willem Dafoe), the secretary of defense, who may be involved in a right-wing conspiracy to overthrow the moderate President Sanford (Peter Strauss). Ho-hum. Right-wing conspiracies to overthrow the US government are a familiar plot device, e.g. "The Manchurian Candidate". Are there any movies with a left-wing conspiracy to overthrow the US government? (In last year’s second-funniest movie, “Team America”, there is a left-wing conspiracy, but not to overthrow the US government.) I can't think of any. Can anyone help me out with titles of movies on each side, so we can get a sense of which list is longer? I’ve enabled comments. Posted by Lawrence H. White at 10:57 AM in Culture
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The original Manchurian Candidate was about a left-wing plot masquerading as a right-wing one. But, in general, it shouldn't be surprising given the political makeup of Hollywood writers that left-wing plots don't exist in the movies. Besides, why do they need plots? As Milton Friedman has pointed out, virtually every plank of the 1940s-era Communist Party is now law. Posted by: asg at April 29, 2005 08:49 PMWould these involve plots to fix prices, to limit global trade, or eliminate smoking from all public places? The movie "Equilibrium" could be considered a left-wing conspiracy movie, but in a fictional world. Maybe we could look at "The People vs. Larry Flint" except it is delivered as a hero pic subverting the established conservative regime. Posted by: MDT at April 30, 2005 01:59 PM |
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