“Falling Down” remains an extremely topical film, and an excellent reminder that the white male sense of loss and grievance had been around and exploited since the time of Reagan.
You can find cinematic examples of white male loss, grievance and entitlement going back a heck of a lot earlier than Reagan.
From Something Positive today.
Yeah, that movie isn’t about white male grievance, it is white male grievance. Besides, it’s more a celebration of the end of white male grievance, at least for the ensuing 40 years.
Oh, no! I’m truly saddened to hear this! I thought he’d be with us forever, or at least into the triple digits.
Thanks to the tremendous amount of excellent work he has done for so many decades, he WILL be with us forever!
True. He thoroughly cracked me up in Dick Van Dyke reruns.
Bon voyage, Mr. Reiner.
In his later years, Reiner was an elder statesman of comedy, revered and respected for his versatility as a performer and multi-hyphenate. He was also adept at social media. He maintained a lively presence on Twitter up until the last day of his life.
Heh: “To the last I tweet at thee!” indeed.
Not a huge coincidence – somewhere in the world, it might be on at any given time – but Oceans 13 happened to be on when I was flipping channels last night.
Hugh Downs, omnipresent television broadcaster, dies at 99
He looks great for 30. Hell I didn’t look that good at 30.
Maybe Rubble was neutered, I hear that can make a difference.