Red Scare Canon

Cultural References from the Subreddit

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• Short Cuts (film) 1 — Four-hour film that poster's girlfriend used to enjoy
• Kate Millet (person) 1 — Author of 'Sexual Politics' referenced in discussion of women's sexual capacity
• Sexual Politics (book) 1 — Book by Kate Millet about gender and power dynamics
• Rust shooting (concept) 1 — Film set shooting incident involving Alec Baldwin discussed in context of union versus non-union crew safety.
• Rory (person) 1 — Golfer who won The Masters after multiple previous attempts and near-collapses.
• Grand Budapest Hotel (film) 1 — Film watched by user while on mushrooms.
• Yeats (person) 1 — Irish poet mentioned in discussion of Ireland's cultural output.
• Candyland (concept) 1 — Racing game mentioned as example of ancient Indian games of chance that influenced chess.
• Rothko (person) 1 — Artist referenced in discussion about spiritual experiences with paintings
• Baudrillard (person) 1 — French philosopher and theorist referenced in discussion of digital media and representation.
• Alexandre Grothendieck (person) 1 — Mathematician discussed as a potentially worldchanging thinker compared to Nietzsche and Wittgenstein
• Victorian England (place) 1 — Historical period and place where childhood as a concept was invented
• Julie Ruin 1998 (album) 1 — Album recommended alongside Paul's Boutique in discussion of Kathleen Hanna and Beastie Boys.
• El Salvador (place) 1 — Country where the author met their date at a children's village foundation 4-5 years prior.
• Hannah & Her Sisters (film) 1 — Film cited as example of media trope about married couples losing intimacy.
• Alcibiades (person) 1 — Ancient Greek statesman and general referenced as listener to Plato and Socrates
• American Pickers (film) 1 — Television show mentioned in context of understanding boomer generation
• Escape From New York (film) 1 — Film referenced as model for turning Philadelphia into an open air prison
• Head of State (film) 1 — Chris Rock film that portrayed a Black president as an unlikely scenario before Obama.
• Drake Passage (place) 1 — Treacherous body of water between South America and Antarctica crossed by pilot in winter.
• Sky King (person) 1 — Reference to a figure associated with aviation stories of lone men versus the world.
• The KLF (person) 1 — Iconoclastic and envelope-pushing band that was also completely accessible.
• Felice Schragenheim (person) 1 — Jewish woman who went underground in Nazi Germany and lived with her partner before deportation in 1944.
• Elisabeth Wurst (person) 1 — Partner of Felice Schragenheim who received a love letter with ten commandments in 1943.
• Jewish Museum (place) 1 — Museum in Berlin where a lesbian love letter from Nazi Germany was found on display.
• Suttree (book) 1 — Cormac McCarthy novel mentioned as containing relationships with young girls.
• Black Spring (book) 1 — Novel by Henry Miller recommended for Red Scare Book Club.
• Narazumono (film) 1 — Obscure 1964 Yakuza film uploaded by the post author.
• Black Line Zone (film) 1 — 1960 Japanese film noir directed by Teruo Ishii with Chandler-style plot.
• Yellow Line Zone (film) 1 — 1960 Japanese film directed by Teruo Ishii with color photography.
• Teruo Ishii (person) 1 — Japanese film director of 1960s film noirs.
• Memento (film) 1 — Christopher Nolan film with DVD commentaries mentioned.
• Myra Breckenridge (film) 1 — Film described as the worst movie watched by the author.
• Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever (film) 1 — Film that allegedly killed Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu's careers.
• Antonio Banderas (person) 1 — Actor whose career was allegedly killed by Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever.
• Lucy Liu (person) 1 — Actor whose career was allegedly killed by Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever.
• CQ (film) 1 — Roman Coppola film referenced in comparison to Star Pilot.
• Roman Coppola (person) 1 — Director of CQ mentioned in film review.
• Michael Eisner (person) 1 — Former Disney executive whose son made pornographic flash games.
• Ozu (person) 1 — Japanese filmmaker mentioned for measuring script progression by sake bottles.
• Noda (person) 1 — Screenwriter who collaborated with Ozu and measured script progression by sake consumption.
• And Then There Were None (film) 1 — 1945 film adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel, discussed as the best adaptation of the work.
• Star Trek: TNG (film) 1 — TV series a user is rewatching to reconcile theoretical physics with their theology.
• Carole Lombard (person) 1 — Actress described as the funniest actress of the 1930s in a film recommendation
• William Powell (person) 1 — Actor described as the most charming leading man of the 1930s
• Nick Kyrgios (person) 1 — Malaysian/Greek/Australian tennis player with bipolar disorder discussed as RS athlete
• Bob Hoskins (person) 1 — Actor mentioned as embarrassing celebrity crush and ideal male body type
• Pascal Laugier (person) 1 — French film director known for the horror film Martyrs
• Puritanism (concept) 1 — Historical religious movement compared to modern online radlib virtue signaling and cancel culture.
• Tahiti (place) 1 — Location where Nico's son traveled to after receiving royalty check