14. Himmelfarb's essay (as Christopher Ricks noted long ago) only makes sense in light of Encounter's cold war mission. Encounter was trying to win over British literary & aristocratic culture to American empire. Hence Himmelfarb, a distinguished US historian, celebrating Buchan
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This is an interesting angle to explore what might have drawn Vaughn to the works of Mark Millar in the first place. Millar, too, venerates fascism in his work, though a dumber, more brutish version that finds cruelty hilarious and adolescent cynicism sophisticated.
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A classic Jeet Heer tweet storm. Very interesting!
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Fascinating thread, thank you. I’d love to see Tintin similarly contextualized. Both the fucked up ones like Congo and the more palatable but still white man’s burden stories in Eastern Europe, South America, Middle East.
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One thing is clear: The world needs some more Eric Ambler movies.
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I found it kinda interesting that the opening seemed to shame the British for creating concentration camps - but then it just used that as a background to create some trauma for the English protagonist. Switched off not long after
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I think people don't know most of these people so its not overt to the viewer and may go unnoticed. I knew everyone but him.
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thank you for this. It's fascinating.
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Just a heads up that Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps is currently on HBO Max. He apparently made lots of changes to the book. (Perhaps including a rousing speech w socialist themes that the protagonist gives towards the end?)
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I enjoyed this thread, thank you, Jeet
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Do you use any podcasting services, I wouldl ove to listen in my car
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