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- Film director John Carpenter has lashed out at neo-nazis and white supremacists who hail his satirical 1988 cult classic They Live as an anti-Semitic masterpiece.
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Taking to Twitter with a definitively non-Nazi treatise on the film, Carpenter denied any alleged white-supremacist overtones, instead confirming the popular reading of the film as a satire...
Jan 5, 2017 · Legendary horror director John Carpenter has denied that his cult 1988 satire They Live is an allegory for Jewish control of the world, after the film was co-opted by online neo-Nazis and...
Jan 4, 2017 · But even to this day, its writer and director, John Carpenter, wants to make sure that the message of his 1988 satirical science-fiction horror film does not continue to be misinterpreted by...
Oct 3, 2023 · The film has been misappropriated by both the far-right and far-left, with neo-Nazis using it to perpetuate anti-Semitic theories and some on the left claiming it as an anti-capitalist movie.
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Jan 5, 2017 · As Carpenter pointed out, the film is a satire against consumerist culture, “yuppies” and popular entertainment as a tool to blind the masses from how they’re being exploited. The neo-nazis...
Jan 5, 2017 · On Tuesday, John Carpenter —director of Halloween, The Thing, and Big Trouble in Little China —stepped up to defend his 1988 film They Live from accusations that the film is really about...
Jan 5, 2017 · On Tuesday, writer and director of late ‘80s cult classic “They Live,” John Carpenter, took to Twitter to assure his followers and trolls alike that the film has “nothing to do with Jewish...
