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After years of hearing from censors that violent media images cause harm, David Cronenberg made a movie... in which violent media images cause harm. We discuss VIDEODROME (1983) - its media satire, its sexual/gender politics, and its vision of how technology influences reality. PLUS: the Prime Minister enters the Barbieheimer discourse, and further thoughts on Sound of Freedom.
Toronto listeners: see Will introduce Glen or Glenda at the Fox Theatre tonight (August 15) - https://www.foxtheatre.ca/movies/the-important-cinema-club-masterpiece-classics-glen-or-glenda/
Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.
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