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AIDS References in the Critical Reception of David Cronenberg: "It May Not Be Such a Bad Disease after All"
- Cinema Journal
- University of Texas Press
- 42, Number 4, Summer 2003
- pp. 29-45
- 10.1353/cj.2003.0019
- Article
- Additional Information
This essay argues that reception studies need to pay greater attention to topical and rhetorical references in film criticism. Specifically, the article analyzes references to AIDS in criticism of the films of David Cronenberg, with particular emphasis on The Fly (1986).