A highly original exploration of how the government-entertainment complex has influenced the world's most popular movie genre--superhero films. This book documents the critical role the Department of Defense, NASA, the Science and Entertainment Exchange and, to a lesser extent, the FBI and the CIA play in shaping characters, stories, and even the ideas behind the hottest entertainment products.
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A highly original exploration of how the government-entertainment complex has influenced the world's most popular movie genre--superhero films. This book documents the critical role the Department of Defense, NASA, the Science and Entertainment Exchange and, to a lesser extent, the FBI and the CIA play in shaping characters, stories, and even the ideas behind the hottest entertainment products.
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No Jacket. Lawrence. 2021. December 2021. University Press of Kansas. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780700632763. 15 photographs, 25 figures. December 2021. hardcover. keywords: Superheroes Politics. DESCRIPTION-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 quasigovernmental 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. 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. A well-researched and sophisticated investigation of how a variety of government agencies, from NASA and the CDC to the CIA and DOD, promote themselves and their agendas through superhero films. As Jenkins and Secker show, the battles between these agencies for control of the government narrative is, itself, epic! Stacy Takacs, author of Terrorism TV: Popular Entertainment in Post-9/11 America. I did not believe it possible to uncover sufficient evidence of government script manipulation to create a book specifically on superheroes. I was wrong— and Secker and Jenkins demonstrate it in glorious detail. Matthew Alford, author of Reel Power: Hollywood Cinema and American Supremacy and producer of the documentary The Writer with No Hands. inventory #48025.
