{"product_id":"9780241373873","title":"The Sky is Falling! : The Unexpected Politics of Hollywood's Superheroes and Zombies by Peter Biskind","description":"You'll never look at your  favourite movies and TV shows the same way again. And you shouldn't'  Steven Soderbergh 'Insanely readable'  Slavoj Zizek'Your book was ... like a bag of pot, with me saying, 'I'm not gonna   smoke.' But I was insatiable' Quentin Tarantino on Easy Riders, Raging BullsIn The Sky is Falling!  bestselling cultural critic Peter Biskind takes us on a dizzying ride  across  two decades of pop culture to show how the TV and movies we love - from Game of Thrones and 24 to Homeland and Iron Man -  have taught us to love political extremism. Welcome to a darkly  pessimistic, apocalyptic world where winter has come, the dead are  walking, and ultra violence, revenge and torture are all in a day's  work. Welcome to the new normal.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56229492785525,"sku":"9780241373873","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780241373873.jpg?v=1762259020","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780241373873","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}