Fascism, Fear and the Science Behind Horror Films
On the Media
WNYC Studios
4.6 • 8.7K Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Do you think Donald Trump is a fascist? |
| 0:03.2 | Yes I do. |
| 0:04.4 | Yes I do. |
| 0:05.4 | Doesn't it seem like we've reached the tipping point for the word fascist? |
| 0:10.1 | From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. |
| 0:13.2 | I'm Michael Lohanger. |
| 0:14.8 | This week, we examine fear itself, |
| 0:17.5 | how fascist leaders weaponize it, |
| 0:20.1 | and why we as moviegoers crave it on the silver screen. |
| 0:24.4 | One of the leading theories for why we might love to watch horror movies |
| 0:28.7 | is that ability to transfer threat arousal over to pleasure. |
| 0:34.4 | Plus how filmmakers like Jordan Peel drew on the history of the black horror genre |
| 0:39.8 | to explore race in America. |
| 0:42.1 | Give me some kind of a fun house mirror. |
| 0:44.0 | Let me imagine that racism is a zombie |
| 0:47.0 | and now we can have a good time. |
| 0:49.0 | Okay? |
| 0:51.0 | It's all coming up after this. |
| 1:00.0 | From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Brooke Gladstone. |
| 1:05.0 | And I'm Michael O'anger. |
| 1:07.0 | Well, we're at that point in the presidential race where everyone's dropping the F bomb. |
| 1:13.6 | Let me ask you tonight, do you think Donald Trump is a fascist? |
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