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Maverick Top Gun Is American Propaganda on Steroids
We have been here before…
It feels like the 1980s all over again.
Our societies are polarized than ever before and if you aren’t a Gordon Gekko type, who thinks that greed is the best thing since sliced bread, then life must be incredibly shitty.
For those among us, whose job it is to interpret the spirit of the age, have been working overtime to recapture the decade of lies and debauchery.
And this could be the reason behind the resurrection of the one film which did wonders for Tom Cruise’s career and America’s incredibly fragile self-esteem.
What film might this be?
Maverick Top Gun
The sequel to the 80s original was released in the United Kingdom a few weeks ago, replete with the action sequences that we have come to expect from any film starring Tom Cruise.
But why is this film being made in 2022?
I strongly believe that Maverick Top Gun was made for the very reasons that the original came about nearly forty years ago: The unhealthy need to project America’s superiority.
Back in the late 70s and early 80s, there were a number of films that were highly critical of America’s involvement in the Vietnam war.