613. Escape from the Multicurse: Last Action Hero
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The Meta-Neo-Postmodernity of Die Hard
John McTyran and Emma Spie said who also directed Die Hard, which we've opined about recently in the director piece theater about how White House Down is a Die Hard. So I don't think it's unique, but it definitely looking at the fact that it's 1993 at the height of confidence of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Blockbusters,. That aspect of meta-ness definitely makes it stand alone in terms of the entire zeitgeist being looking to see if this is trulymeta or postmodern. It overlaps a lot with Roger Rabbit, especially in the sense that it's also an ode to Hollywood magic. We all already know that cartoons are fake as much because we love
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