HUMA 1780 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Machismo, Locative Media
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Some thought on mad max: fury road: borrows heavily on the visual style of digital games, at the same time, echoes very old quest narratives, (from boulware) puts a feminist twist on macho action genre (prefigured by thelma and. Louise: carries the story primarily through cinematic visuals rather than dialogue. Journey stories: variations: the road trip to freedom (see leong): hunter thompson and easy rider, the post-apocalyptic survival trek: road warrior and the road, the criminal adventure: bonnie and clyde, the comic (mis) adventure: harold and kumar go to white castle.