How do political conflicts shape popular culture? This book explores that question by analyzing how the Planet of the Apes films functioned both as entertaining adventures and as apocalyptic political commentary. Informative and thought provoking, the book demonstrates how this enormously popular series of secular myths used images of racial and ecological crisis to respond to events like the Cold War, the race riots of the 1960s, the Civil Rights movement, the Black Power movement, and the Vietnam War. The work utilizes interviews with key filmmakers and close readings of the five Apes television shows to trace the development of the series’ theme of racial conflict in the context of the shifting ideologies of race during the sixties and seventies. The book also observes that today, amid growing concerns over race relations, the resurgent popularity of Apes and Twentieth Century—Fox’s upcoming film may again make Planet of the Apes a! pop culture phenomenon that asks who we are and where we are going.
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“[The author] makes an utterly plausible case for his theory...you’ll be scratching your head in humbled agreement” --Entertainment Weekly;
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“Interesting and accessible.... The filmography is exceptionally detailed” --Classic Images
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Stanford Law School graduate Eric Greene is a civil rights activist and writer in Los Angeles.
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Engrossing, intelligent, and eminently readable,
By Robert J. Sawyer "Science Fiction writer" (Mississauga, ON, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Planet of the Apes as American Myth: Race and Politics in the Films and Television Series (Library Binding)
Greene also does the text commentary on the 35th anniversary DVD of the original PLANET OF THE APES movie, and you can see why he was chosen. His deep insights into that film, and the ones that follow, are an absolute joy to read. If only the producers of the dismal remake of PLANET OF THE APES had read Green's book, they'd perhaps have understood how deeply symbolic and profound the original was. Although this is a scholarly work, it is also just a whole heck of a lot of fun. Five stars.
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Great reading! Academic and and informed.,
By Zaki Hasan (ZakiHasan@aol.com) (Hanover Park, IL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Planet of the Apes as American Myth: Race and Politics in the Films and Television Series (Library Binding)
Eric's book is a marvel of academic analysis. The way in which he relates the Apes series, in all its incarnations, to the political and racial strife of the day is nothing short of amazing. I highly recommend this book.
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Insightful, readable, enjoyable--the ultimate Apes book.,
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This review is from: Planet of the Apes as American Myth: Race and Politics in the Films and Television Series (Library Binding)
From beginning to end this is the study of the Planet of the Apes series that everyone of the series' fans have dreamed of and that academics who never took the series seriously will learn from and hopefully teach.In addition to being an enjoyable read, Greene has a politically-minded scholar's insight that helps lift the series from trivia into concrete seriousness. I think it is a model for future works of film scholarship and appreciation.
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