{"product_id":"the-bad-class-class-of-1984-bad-boys-the-outsiders-repo-man-and-other-gems-of-80s-trash-cinema-paper","title":"The Bad Class: Class of 1984, Bad Boys, The Outsiders, Repo  Man, and Other Gems of ’80s Trash Cinema (paperback)","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Bad Class: Class of 1984, Bad Boys, The Outsiders, Repo Man, and Other Gems of ’80s Trash Cinema\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eby Ben Beard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e112 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6x9 size\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e ISBN 9798887712888\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Beard writes to impress and succeeds in spades. His pounding, persuasive prose treats readers with respect, blasting out cinematic and socio-political references by the fistful, trusting you to either keep up or keep a notepad nearby. The quartet of films discussed at length herein aren't whining for unconditional love; like the neglected children that populate them, they demand—sometimes violently—our attention. Viewed through the personal lens of an intelligent, articulate, and passionate fan, we absorb their impact on an entire generational stripe who were at once shaped and reflected by them.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e—Aaron Christensen, HORROR 101 with Dr. AC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1980, the U.S. elected an actor to the White House; Hollywood icon Ronald Reagan landed the world's leading role. While most of America celebrated, a white-hot rage simmered just out of sight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1982, a B-movie named Class of 1984 appeared in theaters. A vicious reworking of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlackboard Jungle\u003c\/em\u003e, here was a film for the new America: a punishing wasteland of burnouts and punks, of rampaging youth and swift violence, where greed was rewarded and virtue disdained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNext came\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Bad Boys, The Outsiders,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRepo Man\u003c\/em\u003e. As each attempted to diagnose this endemic of disaffected, angry young men, the subtext was clear: America had failed its youth. Children were paying the price for every adult sin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBen Beard, author of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe South Never Plays Itself\u003c\/em\u003e, grew up on these films. He returns to them now, revealing common threads and hidden patterns. With insight, empathy, and humor, Beard analyzes how these disparate works have come together to form a lattice, a warning, a clarion call, and a potential salve for the still-tender wounds of youth. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEqual parts memoir, cultural history, and cinematic excavation, as well as a pop-culture odyssey into early 1980s Americana—a land of guns, gangs, drugs, and the occult—\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Bad Class\u003c\/em\u003e attempts to understand the present by returning to the past, by probing this raw sliver of cinephilia, when a different plague was raging, the culture was sick, and the best films were trash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46998020227244,"sku":"krr1787291907629","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0691\/4962\/2444\/files\/the-bad-class-class-of-1984-bad-boys-the-outsiders-repo-man-and-other-gems-of-80_1.jpg?v=1787291912","url":"https:\/\/www.mintmerton.com\/products\/the-bad-class-class-of-1984-bad-boys-the-outsiders-repo-man-and-other-gems-of-80s-trash-cinema-paper","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}