Heroes In Hard Times

Index

Index Above the Lan', 73, 254n. 7 Action Jackson, 13, 15, 16,73,128, 218,253n.l Adler, Jerry, 252n. 3 affirmative action, 4,14,41,44,91, 252n. 1 Alien Nation, 74, 89, 153 Almaguer, Tomas, 253n. 2, 264n. 14 Alonso, Ana Maria, 264n. 14 American dream, 9, 13,53,100 Ames, Christopher, 691 251n. 2, 256n. 2,260n. 10, 265n. 28 analytic frameworks, vii; closure, 222-23,227-28; contradiction, 202, 204, 229-33, 268n. 55; displacement ,68-72, 163-73,203, 229-33; dominance/ resistance, 234-35, 259n. 6, 270n. 17, 271n. 20; erasure, 94-96,169,204,260n.ll , 231-33, 272n. 31 analytic literature, vii, 53-54,91-96, 220-35, 251n. 4, 269n. 1; as homophobic , 171-72; as hostile toward movies, 235, 273n. 34; as presentation of innocence, 223-29; as presentation of superior intelligence, 229- 33 fans; noncinematic people; political fantasy authority: heroes avoiding, 14,32,149, 173-74, 177-79,189;ofstrmght white men, 203. See also corruption; management Backdraft, 47, 53,58, 137 Bad Boys, 13,23, 59,75, 128 Baker, Houston, 254n. 9, 255n. 7 Barthes, Roland, 220, 229, 231, 272n. 24 Basic Instinct, 23, 34, 62-64, 67, 69, 79,80, 192, 217, 256n. 12, 257n. 17, 18, 265n. 31 Bauer, Dale, 54, 255n. 8, 263n. 4 Be~~,Leo, 175,264n. 14,266n. 39 Bestseller, 129, 142-49 Betrayed, 14,48, 63,73,77, 137, 210 BeverZv Hills Cop, 16, 36, 69, 94-95, 128, 155,165,223, 254n.2 Beverly Hills Cop series, 13, 19n. 92 Beverly Hills Cop 2, 128, 136, 161, 261n. l , 264n.20 Black Rain, 45, 60, 129, 136, 199, 170, 191 Another 48 Hours, 19,21,36-37, 92, blacks: as bosses, 254n. 1; as directors, 93, 259n. 5 259n. 2; as heroes, 15-16; as nationAnother Stakeout, 19, 51,62 a1ists, 111-12, 117 Appiah, Kwame Anthony, 251n. 2, Blade Runner, 29, 71,105,115,191, 256n.15 192,218,251n.4,257n. 17 Ardis, Ann, 54, 255n. 8, 263n. 4 blaxploitation, 216, 218 Ashley, David, 252n. 6 Blue Steel, 16,34,47,48,77,78,84, attention: to heroes, 164, 179, 189, 151,163 205; to white men, 79-86, 155. See Blue Thunder, 36, 39, 69,112-13 also free therapy Bogle, Donald, 92- 95, 255n. 5, 258n. audience members, 3, 172, 267n. 26, 260n. 10 49; research on, 271n. 19. See also Border, The, vii, 110 Copyrighted Material 275 276 Index bosses. See management Bray, Alan, 164, 263n. 5 Bronson, Charles, 257n. 19 Brown, VVendy,8,253n. 14, 271n. 23 buddy movies, 218. See also male bonding Bullitt, 214 bureaucracy. See management Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 218 Cage, Nicholas, 257n. 19 Calasanti, Toni Marie, xi capitalism: blown away, 205; as predation , 123--49,203; as social problem, 6-9 Castiglia, Christopher, 251n. 1 Cawelti, John, 220, 269n. 5 Chase, The, 214 Chensvold, Christian, 171, 265n. 28 Cleopatra Jones, 259n. 2 Cliffhanger, 43, 128, 160, 166 Clover, Carol J., 16-17,70, 171,217, 235, 253n. 4, 256n. 2, 259n. 3, 269n. 5; 273n. 35 Cobr~ 15,23,61,69, 160, 194-95 Code ofSilence, 39,44,110,136,218 Cohen, Margaret, 76, 256n. 16 Collision Course, 94 Colors, 66, 99-100, 138-39 comedy, 87, 218 commendations: for heroes, 24, 29, 48--49, 199; for workers, 13. Coogan's Bluff, 215 Cooper, Marc, 252n. 7 cop action: defined, 2-3, 213; as a fictional culture, ix, 72,172,213,222; history of214-16; variety in 216-20. See also analytic frameworks; genre Cop, 79-85, 140,218, 254n. 7 Cop Land, 18,47 cops: defined, 2; as working class, 4. See also heroes Copycat, 16,77,79-84,152,218 corruption, 2, 103-06; 251n. 1; cops resisting, 135--49; defined, 13, 252n. 2; as noncinematic controversy, 4; among nonwhites, 75; white men accused of, 17, 90, 138. See also capitalism , sodomy Cowen, Paul, 92, 255n. 5, 258n. 22, 260n. 10 criminals: disagreement over identity, 255n. 3; as gay, 165-67; as left-wing, 204; as nonwhites, 66-72,173, 256n. 2; as right-wing, 109-10,204; as scapegoats, 68-72, 76-77, 163-73; uncaptured, 63, 189; as undefinable , 131; as white men, 66, 68-69, 72-77, 253n. 1, 260n. 12; as women, 67, 256n. 12 Crowther, Bruce, 269n. 5 Cruising, 80,98, 140, 180, 192,216, 218, 256n. 12, 268n. 55 Dances with Wolves, 258n. 1 Dave, 97 Davies, Jude, 192, 267n...