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Tag: Dirty Harry

Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry character did not begin as a revenge fantasy vigilante exactly - The Big Picture, Bob Chipman
The Big Picture

Dirty Harry Wasn’t Exactly the Movie You Might Think – The Big Picture

Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry was the beginning of movie cops’ evolution from general peacekeeping good guys to dark embodiments of cultural paranoia ...
By Bob ChipmanJune 25, 2020
Clint Eastwood American masculinity exploration complexity Dirty Harry
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Clint Eastwood Has Spent Decades Embodying and Exploring American Masculinity

Clint Eastwood turned 90 years old yesterday and has a career that spans eight decades. He is one of the enduring embodiments of ...
By Darren MooneyJune 1, 2020
Art Must Be Ruined

Killing Eve vs. the Punisher, or Antiheroes Are Stupid

Is Villanelle an antihero? Killing Eve’ Villanelle (Jodi Comer) is a Russian assassin and all-around psychopath who loves high fashion and flamboyant murders. ...
By Noah BerlatskyApril 23, 2019
Guns, Cars 'n' Tits

From the Barrel of a Gun

Myths usually die slowly; their original form eroded by eras and changing cultural landscapes. The gun as a myth looked to fade in ...
By Tom Endo Legacy AuthorOctober 14, 2008

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