{"product_id":"leatherface-vs-tricky-dick-the-texas-chain-saw-massacre-as-political-satire-9781909394810","title":"Leatherface vs. Tricky Dick: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre As Political Satire","description":"\u003cem\u003eLeatherface vs. Tricky Dick presents a fascinating minute-by-minute exploration of many uncanny connections between The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Watergate. Covering the White House horrors, the Saturday Night Massacre, and more, the book convincingly explains how Chain Saw satirizes the scandal once famously described as \"our long national nightmare.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTobe Hooper's \u003cem\u003eThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre\u003c\/em\u003e premiered in October 1974, mere weeks after the resignation and pardon of Richard Nixon brought an uncertain end to the most corrupt and criminal presidency in American history. The film had been conceived, written, shot, edited, and produced precisely as Watergate was playing out, and those responsible for \u003cem\u003eChain Saw\u003c\/em\u003e unhesitatingly spoke of the horrors of contemporary politics as having directly inspired the ones they created for the film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLeatherface vs. Tricky Dick\u003c\/em\u003e presents a fascinating minute-by-minute exploration of the many uncanny connections between \u003cem\u003eThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre\u003c\/em\u003e and Watergate, as well as other ways the film comments on contemporary politics via satire and (very) dark humor. Read and discover \u003cem\u003eChain Saw\u003c\/em\u003e's response to the White House horrors, the Saturday Night Massacre, and more, as well as how Leatherface's masks relate to all those Nixon masks worn throughout \"our long national nightmare.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Headpress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781909394810\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248","brand":"Martin Harris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41229603602613,"sku":"9781909394810","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1515c546-23ce-49f9-b460-c3e5896b3df4.jpg?v=1634041796","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/leatherface-vs-tricky-dick-the-texas-chain-saw-massacre-as-political-satire-9781909394810","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}