Living in America
This came on tonight, and every time I see it, I wonder is this (clip) an ironic parody of American excess? Is this a warning to Americans that our intractable war with the Soviet Union cannot be won via our vastly superior entertainment industry, and must be won through true grit and hard work? Is the death of Apollo Creed, who dresses up as Uncle Sam prior the fight, a symbol of a dangerous imbalance in the will to win the cold war? Is Rocky's clomping in waste-deep snow on some Godforsaken Siberian field a reference to the war being won through grass roots blue collar American values?
What once was a simplistic, feel good movie, the only movie I have ever attended in which a crowd spontaneously cheered (when Rocky hurt the Russian), is now a much more complex and nuanced view of the American condition in the mid 1980's.
Also, I'm stoned out of my fucking gourd.
Update: Also, what is it about having the Y chromosome that opens up a window to recognizing the genius and, like, the prophecy of Led Zeppelin?
This came on tonight, and every time I see it, I wonder is this (clip) an ironic parody of American excess? Is this a warning to Americans that our intractable war with the Soviet Union cannot be won via our vastly superior entertainment industry, and must be won through true grit and hard work? Is the death of Apollo Creed, who dresses up as Uncle Sam prior the fight, a symbol of a dangerous imbalance in the will to win the cold war? Is Rocky's clomping in waste-deep snow on some Godforsaken Siberian field a reference to the war being won through grass roots blue collar American values?
What once was a simplistic, feel good movie, the only movie I have ever attended in which a crowd spontaneously cheered (when Rocky hurt the Russian), is now a much more complex and nuanced view of the American condition in the mid 1980's.
Also, I'm stoned out of my fucking gourd.
Update: Also, what is it about having the Y chromosome that opens up a window to recognizing the genius and, like, the prophecy of Led Zeppelin?
posted by Mezz0 at 9:30 PM
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