1. The Coen Brothers and the defeat of the American left, a twitter essay (with help from many readers).
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2. There's a subtext that runs through many, perhaps all, of the Coen Bros. movies: the defeat of the American left in the 20th century.
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3. To situate the Coens historically, they are late-born hippies who started making films in decade Left was defeated by Reagan & Thatcher.
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4. Why does Hi in Raising Arizona keep robbing stores? Because that "sumbitch Reagan" is in power.
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5. Barton Fink: about a Popular Front dramatist co-opted, humiliated, and finally squashed by Hollywood studios.
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@BenjySarlin "Your revolution is over, Mr. Lebowski! The bums lost!" -- The Big Lebowski to his namesake, the Dude.5 replies 4 retweets 10 likes -
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7. "Inside Llewyn Davis": like Barton Fink, the marginalized artist but working in an even more aridly post-political world.
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8. What's notable about "Inside Llewyn Davis" is the folk scene is strangely de-politicized, at variance with the actual history.
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9. Davis's depoliticized or post-political folk explains why the seaman's query about if he's a Shachtmanite flies over Davis' head.
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10. Also, in "Inside Llewyn Davis" other great pillar of left solidarity--trade union movement--taken over by labor bureaucrats.
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11. In "Oh Brother.." we see folk music being co-opted by rightwing populism ("friend of the little man" -- a midget).
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