All Outputs (2)

Bad Hombres at the Border: Masculinity and Mexico in Rambo Last Blood (2022)
Book Chapter
Frame, G. (2022). Bad Hombres at the Border: Masculinity and Mexico in Rambo Last Blood. In H. Loyo, & J. A. Tarancón (Eds.), Screening the Crisis: US Cinema and Social Change in the Wake of the 2008 Crash (279-292). Bloomsbury Academic

The Rambo series (1982-2019) has functioned as a barometer of US domestic and foreign policies across its forty year history. At first a traumatised veteran of the war in Vietnam, John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) became a hard-bodied defender of US in... Read More about Bad Hombres at the Border: Masculinity and Mexico in Rambo Last Blood.

Teaching Demons and Eating Nazis: Morality in Trump-era Fantasy Comedy (2022)
Book Chapter
Frame, G., & Andrews, H. (2022). Teaching Demons and Eating Nazis: Morality in Trump-era Fantasy Comedy. In K. McNally (Ed.), American Television during a Television Presidency. Wayne State University Press

Donald Trump’s personality is arguably symptomatic of the values of the contemporary era. His aggressive individualism, narcissism and selfishness were no impediment to securing the presidency, which suggests the normalisation, indeed, valorisation,... Read More about Teaching Demons and Eating Nazis: Morality in Trump-era Fantasy Comedy.