Fascism in Cinema
Top Gun and the Hero's Journey of a Militant Age
In this episode we are joined again by Dr. James Dennis LoRusso to discuss Tom Cruise's latest blockbuster TOP GUN (2022), the way it appropriates the trope of the 'Hero's Journey' to advertise for the military-industrial complex, and hear a special review from a man named Brett at Letterboxd.com.
About our guest: James Dennis LoRusso is the author of Spirituality, Corporate Culture, and American Business: The Neoliberal Ethic and the Spirit of Global Capital (2017) and has published on a wide range of subjects, including spirituality in the workplace, corporate chaplaincy, and the state of academic labor.
In this episode we are joined again by Dr. James Dennis LoRusso to discuss Tom Cruise's latest blockbuster TOP GUN (2022), the way it appropriates the trope of the 'Hero's Journey' to advertise for the military-industrial complex, and hear a special review from a man named Brett at Letterboxd.com.
About our guest: James Dennis LoRusso is the author of Spirituality, Corporate Culture, and American Business: The Neoliberal Ethic and the Spirit of Global Capital (2017) and has published on a wide range of subjects, including spirituality in the workplace, corporate chaplaincy, and the state of academic labor.