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The big tomorrow : Hollywood and the politics of the American way

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  • "May also argues that during World War II and the Cold War, conservatives and liberals reshaped the vibrant utopian flavor of Hollywood. Drawing on industry documents and Central Intelligence Agency reports, he shows how genres such as the ʺ road storiesʺ of Bing Crosby and Bob Hope and the war and western productions of stars like John Wayne and Ronald Reagan undermined the egalitarianism of the 1930s. They validated a new corporate order and a homogenous consumer ethos. In a brilliant final chapter, May discusses how liberal artists such as Billy Wilder and stars like Marilyn Monroe and James Dean challenged the new consensus, setting the stage for the counter-culture of the 1960s and the conservative reaction that followed."
  • "In a revealing book that shows the startling connections between national politics and Hollywood movies, Lary May offers a bold, fresh interpretation of American culture from the New Deal through the Cold War. Many still believe that Depression-era films served merely as a distraction form ʺ real problems.ʺ However, May shows that many of these movies were part of a cultural dialogue that reinvigorated a democratic spirit, creating an alternative vision of the nation, Audiences, May argues wanted a new life in a mass culture outside established institutions. As a result, upstart movie makers reaped large profits with productions such as those of the Cherokee humorist Will Rogers, the populist director Frank Capra, the urban comic dramas featuring ʺ The Thin Man, ʺ and musicals such as 42nd Street. That inclusive vision of American was not simply confined to the screen. Theater design shifted from the lavish exotic movie theaters to the more democratic, streamlined style associated with civic renewal. Inside Hollywood, personnel formed unions that supported New Deal reforms."

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