Monday, May 30, 2022

Thunder Bay and the Myth of Interdependence

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    Ultimately,  Thunder Bay  reinforces Steve Martin’s position on offshore oil drilling. Martin effectively argues for the off-shore drill...
Monday, May 23, 2022

Thunder Bay and the Myth of Interdependence

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  Set in 1946 Louisiana, Thunder Bay connects oil drilling and shrimping from its opening shot of Johnny Gambi and Steve Martin (James St...
Monday, May 16, 2022

Thunder Bay and the Myth of Interdependence, continued

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  According to James Stewart biographer Jeanine Basinger, “Although it is somewhat unsettling today to watch a movie that sets a conflict be...
Monday, May 9, 2022

Anthony Mann's Thunder Bay (1953) and the Myth of Interdependence

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  Whereas Louisiana Story makes the case that an oil company can build its rig, drill for oil, build a pipeline and disappear, leaving the b...
Monday, April 25, 2022

Louisiana Story and Oil Drilling Mythology, continued

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  Yet just as the alligator is ultimately killed in Louisiana Story, when the boy’s father intervenes, the oil drilling succeeds when, acc...
Monday, April 18, 2022

Louisiana Story and Oil Myths

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  After this long segment demonstrating the process of oil drilling, however, a scene in  Louisiana Story  shifts back to the boy and his ra...
Monday, April 11, 2022

Can Oil and Water Mix? Louisiana Story's take...

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  Although based in fantasy rather than reality, evidence in Louisiana Story  suggests that nature and culture can and must remain separated...