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The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | The Reds, White, and Blue: Film and the Fear of a Communist Menace
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In this episode, Hal & Craig discuss John Frankenheimer's 1962 political thriller THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury, and Janet Leigh and the cynical, political use of a vague Communist Menace. We discuss the history of the Red Scare, the legacy of McCarthyism, and the lives upended in its wake. Discussion also includes:
- Craig finally watched Hal's favorite movie: THE DEVILS;
- Our favorite right-wing moron, Steven Crowder, is still having a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day!;
- Good news on Florida's terrible Don't Say Gay Bill;
- We read (and laugh at) Armond White's 2023 Better-Than List.
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SOURCES & LINKS
- McCarthyism and the Big Lie by Milton Howard (1953):
- Last issue (January 1958) of the Communist Party’s Daily Worker newspaper:
- Info on the McCarran Act:
- McCarthy:
- https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/investigations/mccarthy-hearings/have-you-no-sense-of-decency.htm
- https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures/investigations/mccarthy-and-army-mccarthy-hearings.html
- https://www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedures//investigations/mccarthy-hearings/communists-in-government-service.htm
- https://www.senate.gov/about/oral-history/watt-ruth-young-oral-history.htm
- https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/presidential-inquiries/house-un-american-activities-committee#materials
- https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R45037
- https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/political-affairs/index.htm
- https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/youngsocialist/index.htm
- https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/How-red-baiting-crusade-collapsed-in-SF-courtroom-10907115.php
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